Rarefied high-altitude sun and snow overwhelm the body with nausea and dizziness

Evidence

More than half of the day was far from enjoyable. The morning was magnificent, but the light too dazzling, the sun too fierce. As soon as I got out I felt as if I should drop off the horse. My large handkerchief kept the sun from my neck, but the fierce heat caused soul and sense, brain and eye, to reel. I never saw or felt the like of it. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 190

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