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T1 Cortisol awakening response and emotion in Carlos Soria’s Kanchenjunga climbing expedition 2013
A1 Aguilar-Heras, Raúl
A1 Martínez, C.
A1 Alvero-Cruz, José Ramón
K1 Estrés (Fisiología)
AB Carlos Soria is a 76-year old mountaineer born in Spain,and all over the world, the only one who has been capable ofconquering, with an age above 60 years, eleven out of thefourteen eight-thounsanders of the earth. These achievementsare part of a fascinating and ambitious adventure into the limitsof human resistance to extreme environmental conditions atadvanced ages, the ultimate goal of which is to successfullyfulfill, before his 80s, the ascent to all of these world’s highestmountains. We compared here the cortisol awakening response,which is thought of as an abrupt psychologically-driven risein cortisol in anticipation of the demands of the upcomingday, in his climbing team at high altitude (more than 5000 m)and a control group at sea level in the Sunshine Coast. Resultsshow that, relative to resting days, the foreigner mountaineergroup has a bigger cortisol awakening response in those days implying the ascension of a novel and difficult track. Moreover,this cortisol awakening response positively correlates with fearbasedemotions and anticipation of a hard day.
YR 2015
FD 2015-09-29
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10630/10347
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10630/10347
LA spa
NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026