Sitting outdoors in front of the weather station, it took some time before we caught our breaths properly. At around 1,000 meters above sea level there is something like 10 % less oxygen in the air. At 3,858m, the height of the north peak, the air contains only 62 % as much oxygen as at sea level.
癱坐在玉山氣象站前的空地上，我們必須非常努力地呼吸：與平地相比，山區高度每升高一千公尺，空氣中的氧氣量就減少百分之十；北峰標高 3858 公尺，空氣中的含氧量只有平地的百分之六十二，即連坐著，也感到缺氧頭暈。