[Philmont]: Philmont Altitude Acclimation

Our Troop is currently planning an August 2004 trek and there is a question regarding the amount of time that should be allocated for the crew members and adult advisors to become acclimated to the 6000+ ft altitude since we live virtually at sea level.

The planning coordinator is allowing 48 hours (which is about the same as he did for our 2001 trek). One adult advisor had to be removed from the trail on the 2001 trek due to inadequate time at altitude (he later rejoined his crew after 3 days at the base camp).

To prevent a reoccurrence of this, would it be advisable to increase the time to become acclimated from 2 days to 3 or 4 days?

Guy Murtha
AMS Troop 49
Ossining, NY

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Received on Wed Sep 17 06:36:56 2003