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 04:32 PM 6/5/2007, Tina Manley wrote: >At 04:11 PM 6/5/2007, you wrote: >>I'd just take care. A lot of info has been posted these last hours >>about people who mind about you: take them seriously. >>Philippe > >I will. Thanks for all of the advice. I'll be careful. This is a >workshop that has been going on for years so I'm sure the leaders >know what to do about altitude sickness. I'm usually traveling with >a group of doctors and nurses so I haven't had to worry too much >about possible illnesses on my trips. This trip will be different for >sure! Tina At only 12,000 feet, a cerebral edema is rather unlikely. This is a common problem for those on tall mountains at 20,000 feet or so, but should not be a major concern at only 12,000 feet. (Those who are interested can contact me off-List and I will be happy to discuss cerebral edema incidents on Everest in 1922 and on Goodwin-Austen in 1938.) The general approach to acclimatization is best done by some days up and some days down, but that is the regimen for C3 on the North Face of Everest. I would suggest the same: go high, then come low, stay a couple of days, and then go high again. Repeat as needed. But 12,000 feet is not all that high. A lot of folks do suffer from "altitude sickness" when attempting to move from, say, 800 feet above sea level to 12,000 feet: witness the problems Ginny Heinlein had in the 1950's at the lower altitude of Colorado Springs! But, again, go high, wait a day, then go low for a couple of days, then go high again. This increases the red corpuscle count and increases the ability to abosrb the oxygen which is there. In the Andes, there are Indians who work in tin mines at 21,000 feet. These folks will cheerfully walk up and down 9,000 feet daily rather than try to sleep without oxygen at the high point. And then there was the great revelation of George Finch ... Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!