How many of the early climbers were on crystal meth?

I just finished reading an account of the first summit of Nanga Parbat in 1953 by the German team. In reading Buhl's account of his summit, he says that he became a bit fatigued and took some Pervitrin, which was meth.

It makes sense that the team would have it- some of the climbers had been in the military, where meth saw widespread use.

Do you know if other ascents made using meth? I know it was developed in the early twentieth century, so it might have been available. I've read a couple of other mountaineering books and nobody mentions any.

Mountaineering ascents, big expeditions at altitude, I'd suspect this was true alot of the time. As for big wall Yosemite history, I think mescaline, LSD, and some good sweet opiated hashish were all plenty in use through the late 60's and the 70's.

Weird. I've thought about this as well! The Blitz was thanks in large part to meth dispensation among troops. I always wondered where and what they did after the war, and if they ever brought their stash with them. What I'm more interested in is the physiological effects of our modern date amphetamines on climbers, at altitude or otherwise. There are some people out there with legitimate prescriptions for amphetamines for various reasons. I'm sure some of them are climbing pretty hard too.

This fact brings new meaning to the term:
"He scratched his way up the climb."
Tweakers steal anything of value (that's not anchored down) to sell for their next high.
The thought of my belayer scratching open sores while fearfully looking over his/her shoulder is just wrong....

12 of them.