Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/05

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Subject: [Leica] 12000 feet and no oxygen
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Tue Jun 5 12:53:32 2007
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> On Jun 5, 2007, at 12:31 PM, 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.
>
>
> right, not just being out of breath, from low oxygen...
>
> important is the foul up in physiology leading to cerebral  
> edema...ie swelling of the brain, and  causing elevated  
> intracranial pressure...
>
>
> Ernie, anything to add?
>
>
>
> Steve

see....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altitude_sickness



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>>
>> Gary Todoroff
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