RE: [Philmont]: Blood Pressure?

Realize that the altitude will cause your blood pressure to be higher than
at home. Not to mention the excitement / anticipation of hitting the trail,
the stress of travel, and that perhaps your diet on the road might be skewed
towards foods that will affect blood pressure.

I suspect that all of those are reasons for the statement that "Persons with
mild Hypertension (greater than 135/85 but less than 150/95) probably
require treatment as well."

Three of the ten members of my 2004 Autumn Adventure crew were initially
kept off the trail because they were over the limit at the medical recheck,
though were okay at home. We arrived Saturday night after dinner and had
our medical rechecks right after breakfast on Sunday. By Sunday night,
after resting in Base Camp all day, they all were below the 150/95 cutoff
and were able to join us on the trail.

- Al Thomson, Troop 236, Schooley's Mountain NJ
Treks 1999, 2001, and 2003
Autumn Adventures 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006

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Received on Sat May 7 16:18:56 2005