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As mountaineers climbs higher, their noses may start bleeding. Why?

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Air pressure goes down as you climb high. At certain points the blood pressure may be more than the air pressure and the blood vessel are very close to skin, and the skin is very thin here. So some blood vessels may explode and blood comes out.

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