La Palma Quotes

“I knew I was developing fluency in Spanish language when I started thinking in Spanish!”
― Steven Magee

“La Palma or Hawaii for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT)? Hawaii is far more hazardous for the health and safety of sea level adapted summit workers.”
― Steven Magee

“Part of characterizing Magee’s Disease was to learn from the hypoxia experiences of others.”
― Steven Magee, Magee’s Disease

“It was common in professional astronomy to live at altitude.”
― Steven Magee

“I took a look through the recent Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Twitter feed and could find no information on the full range of sicknesses, diseases and deaths known to occur in Mauna Kea and La Palma summit workers.”
― Steven Magee

“Becoming bilingual in English and Spanish language was a nice aspect of living in La Palma and having a Spanish girlfriend.”
― Steven Magee

“When I first started working at high altitude in La Palma, I was extremely happy, but as time progressed I developed fatigue, physical health issues and mental illness symptoms.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“The food was so bad at the La Palma astronomical observatory that I stopped eating there.”
― Steven Magee