Howdy
Illicit use of EPO being huge in the cycling world, I'm suddenly struck that I've never really heard about it used for high altitude climbing.
I'm not a medical professional, nor am I an EPO user - I'm just a non-doping amateur athlete, and so my interest in such topics is limited to stuff I read and what I've seen. But from WHAT I know, it seems like EPO could be every bit as performance-enhancing for climbers as for cyclists, probably more so. And since climbers generally aren't racing to summits, perhaps they wouldn't be so compelled to overdo it and suffer the numerous complications of hyperviscosity.
What's the collective knowledge base? Has this been seen? Dirty secret on big peaks? Weekend climbers using it on commercial trips up big peaks? ETC