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25th Mar 2015, 23:15

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Leftexit - its to do with partial oxygen pressures.

At high altitude, if you breathe your lungs will actively pump oxygen out of the bloodstream/body.

So holding your breath is a better strategy. Good luck doing that during a decompression event.

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