RE: [Philmont]: Altitude Sickness and Advisor participation

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From: hadulzo@attbi.com
Date: Wed Jan 29 2003 - 15:45:26 CST

I wonder how Amtrak or car crews vs airline fair in the altitude issue. More
time to adjust with ground travel??
> I got altitude sickness a few times myself. I come from about 100ft.
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> There was a study once that found that athletic in shape people got altitude
> sickness more than out of shape couch potatoes. This study was done on a
> group of doctors at a medical convention at a ski resort. They found that
> the athletic energetic ones (doctors who ran and exercised regularly) hit
> the slopes the minute they got there and then pushed themselves hard from
> the get go. Where as the less athletic ones (doctors who did not exercise
> regularly) did not. As you can imagine, those who did not allow for
> climitization were the ones who got AMS.
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> This just goes to show that athletic ability has nothing to do with it. My
> brother drives a desk for a living and he never gets AMS. The high altitude
> doesn't affect his breathing much either. I guess I got the bad genes there
>:)
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> I found what works best for me is to take it easy the first day or two.
> There's not much you can do for preperation. I would do my perperation hikes
> around town only breating through my nose to force my body to deal with less
> oxygen. The best you can do is get your heart and lungs used to working
> harder.
>
> Jason
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