Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > 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 > > >> >> Gary Todoroff >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >