I am on the right side of the #WeAreMaunaKea protests.

Based on what I observed during my time in high altitude astronomy, mental illness was prevalent in the summit workers.

12,000 Feet: Some people will be showing serious signs and symptoms of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). Mental impairment will be evident, often called “Summit Brain”. Immediate descent to lower altitude is recommended for these people.

The dirty secrets of high altitude astronomy are unnaturally high solar radiation levels, Faraday cage sickness, man-made electromagnetic exposures, breathing industrial gas, oxygen starvation, organ damage, gastrointestinal problems, malnutrition, altered hormones, Gender Dysphoria (GD), shift work disorder, mental illness and occupational diseases.

Doctors should study professional astronomers to diagnose the mental health conditions that are driving them to damage their workers health in order to obtain tainted astronomical data.

The senior astronomy managers were aware of ‘Summit Brain’ and did not disclose to workers that it may lead to permanent damage to mental functioning.

It is unfortunate for the toxic W. M. Keck Observatory that it failed to see that blatantly harassing a sickened worker out of their job would have long term repercussions for its ability to operate its current and future facilities atop Mauna Kea as their victim told their horror story to the world.

Once I started to develop ‘Summit Brain’ away from the very high altitude workplace, it was all downhill from there.

Every day I wake up with High Altitude Disease (HAD).