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

The locker room temperature was set unusually low to acclimatize the team.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2022

He was brought back to the rear area to acclimatize and get cleaned up.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

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 Henry Sloane Coffin

“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

And humans haven’t yet acclimatized to prolonged hot weather the way they have later in the summer — they just aren’t ready for the shock of a sudden extreme heat wave.

From Scientific American ● May 8, 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 base camp of the mountain in April and spend weeks acclimatizing to the high altitude, rough terrain and thin air before they go up the mountain’s slopes.

From Seattle Times ● May 14, 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