[at-l] Altitude hiking

[tjfort@netdoor.com (t.)]

> bailed out. I had a medium nasty case of pulmonary edema (HAPE) and it took
> 7 weeks for my lungs to clear after we got home.
> 
> PS - We carried Diamox on both trips 

I watched a movie last weekend where the characters got stuck on K2 or
Everest (not sure which one)

they were fighting over the "DEX"; which was the short name for some
sort of hypo that is suppose to be carried by mtn climbers for
emergencies???   what is this stuff???  or was it fake hollywood?

t.