Some people have a harder time to adjust than others, and some who've gone
with us, even those quite a bit younger than I am or who are in good shape
physically, just do not adjust at all. I have seen altitude sickness show
itself in a number of ways, from upset stomach, headache, numbness in face
or limbs, etc. Descending down to less than 10,000 fixes most people almost
immediately. I don't normally have too much problem, except I run out of
wind really fast, especially walking uphill. Above 14,000 feet I can choose
to walk or talk, but not both at the same time. Sometimes I wake up at
night, dreaming I'm short of breath. It's probably not a good place to be if
anyone has sleep apnea.
The other caution is, be very careful opening a 2-litre of coke.
Wayne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 7:02 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Moose's F30 suggestion
>
> 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
>>
>> __________________________
>> Johnny Johnson
>> Cleveland, GA
>> mailto:jjohnso4@xxxxxxxxxx
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