acclimatize

Sports science experts say the best way to handle the thin air is to arrive up to 10 days in advance to acclimatize, or as close to kickoff as possible to minimize the physical toll.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

Climbers have to walk across those ladders, wearing big boots and crampons, as they make multiple trips back and forth to advanced camps to acclimatize before finally heading for the summit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

In other cases, temperature variability can lead to an opposite response in the affected organism: an ability to acclimatize or adapt to temperature extremes, depending on their frequency and intensity.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2023

Before the matches began, the players took at least two days to acclimatize to the altitude.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2023

I very quickly had to acclimatize myself to a world radically different from the one I had left.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

But when he works a smaller room, his charisma acclimatizes itself; he turns smooth, dexterous.

From Time Magazine Archive

For example, experts suggest light outdoor exercise, which acclimatizes your body to the hot environment and helps you expel heat more efficiently.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jesus acclimatizes man's spirit to a far different home, and sets in his heart an altogether different eternity.

From Some Christian Convictions A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking by Coffin, Henry Sloane

“I was getting myself acclimatized possibly for different scenarios.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2024

“Many, many people wouldn’t have been acclimatized to the heat,” said Wasiu Adeniyi Ibrahim, head of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency’s central forecast office and an author of the study.

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

Vanos said the commonly-used wet-bulb temperature for human survivability assumes the person is indoors or shaded, unclothed, completely sedentary, fully heat acclimatized and of an "average size."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2023

But it still raises public health concerns in an area that is known for its cool, gentle summers—and whose people are not acclimatized to serious heat this early in the season, if ever.

From Scientific American ● May 12, 2023

I huffed toward the relative security of the serac’s crest with all the haste I could muster, but since I wasn’t acclimatized my fastest pace was no better than a crawl.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

And we are acclimatizing ourselves to the idea that Elon Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026

Most climbers take on the mountain from Nepal, a process that involves a 10-day trek to base camp, weeks acclimatizing to the altitude, and another week to push to the summit.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2024

He’s acclimatizing, in the bedroom of his second home near Lake Tahoe, for an attempt to climb Mt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2024

Climbers generally reach the Everest base camp in April and spend weeks acclimatizing to the high altitude, rough terrain and thin air before they go up the summit.

From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2023

Compounding her difficulties, moreover, Hunt had trouble acclimatizing and suffered severe headaches and shortness of breath during most of her stay at Base Camp.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer