Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gary - it's been said that well conditioned folks may actually be at higher risk for high altitude sickness. My being a couch potato has not however cured me of breathlessness going over Independence Pass ( to Aspen) which is at 11, 500 ernie Gary Todoroff wrote: > Tina - BE CAREFUL! > I spent one long day of aerial photography where we climbed to 11 or > 12 thousand feet for a few minutes at a time, then dropped down for > lower altitude shots - a real yo-yo flight! I still remember how odd > it felt to be so breathless after only leaning over to wind the Leica > M6 that poked through the camera port in the cabin floor between my > feet. Just that little exertion, and I had to take several deep > breaths to recover. I was a regular jogger and in very good health, too. > > The strangest part of that high altitude experience was how burnt out > I felt for almost three days after. It took a long time to recover. I > would not choose to spend more than a couple minutes time at that > altitude again. If I had to be there awhile, then it would need to be > preceded by several days of acclimating myself and probably some > medical supervision. > > Altitude sickness affects people differently and is a lot worse than > just feeling out of breath. > > Gary Todoroff > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >