From my hiking days I think the period was about 24 hours for your
body to release the extra red blood cells needed to transport oxygen
at high altitude. The usual practice was to drive to the highest
altitude camp near the trailhead and spend a day in camp before
striking out. There seemed to be some variability in that and some
people just do not adjust and can get altitude sickness.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Jun 22, 2006, at 1:17 PM, Johnny Johnson wrote:
> At 03:17 PM 6/22/2006, Wayne Culberson wrote:
>
>> The highest peak around here is just across the border in Maine, Mt
>> Katahdin, at about one mile high. Where I live is less then 200
>> feet above
>> sea level, so for awhile I couldn't figure out what was wrong with
>> the
>> pictures I brought back.
>
> Hi Wayne,
>
> Going from a normal 200 feet to over 14,000 I'm surprised that you
> can even walk, must less take pictures. ;-) I live at 1,800 feet
> and it takes me close to a week to start breathing somewhat normal
> when I visit West Yellowstone or other places with elevations of
> 6,000 feet +. But, Mitchelle and I were up at Mount Mitchell (6,800
> ft.) in North Carolina on Tuesday and the elevation didn't bother me
> at all. I guess I'm still enjoying the training from the southwest
> trip where we spent four weeks at 5,000 to 9,000 feet.
>
> Later,
> Johnny
>
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