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# more likely
asphyxiation, due to the lower air pressure... combined with the cold, but I don't think cold would be the prime factor - too low for really freezing temperatures.
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:06, archived)
# Hmm dunno
If you're high enough to lose oxygen then you're definitely high enough to freeze

*EDIT* Consider a climber up mount everest. They can still breathe (albeit with difficulty) but the temperature is way below freezing.
(I helped save b3ta! Canker, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:07, archived)
# a combination
of the both.
(martian, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:17, archived)
# Don't
they have oxy-ten masks though?
(I helped save b3ta! Mr Spleen Can do better. C-, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:18, archived)
# Yeah
But only to aid their breathing because they're exerting a lot of energy.
They don't actually need it to survive.
What they do need though is lots of warm clothing :)
(I helped save b3ta! Canker, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:22, archived)
# Just a bit of additional info
Here

Temperature drops much more quickly than air pressure in the atmosphere.

/pedant
(I helped save b3ta! Canker, Mon 9 Jun 2003, 15:30, archived)