Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:17 PM 6/5/2007, you wrote: >I've been at high altitude a number of other times with no problem. I >don't know what set me off those two times. Maybe the headaches were >unrelated to altitude but I've never headaches like that otherwise. It's >rare that I ever get any kind of headache. If I went to altitude now I'd >read up on everything I could and prepare. >DaveR I spent a week in a village above Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and the altitude where the altitude was over 12,500 feet and didn't have a problem. The Ayamara people there made mate tea of coca leaves and chewed the leaves to relieve altitude sickness. Maybe I'll take some with me to California. ;-) Tina Tina Manley ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI http://www.tinamanley.com