[at-l] RE: And...

[jbryankramer at msn.com (J Bryan Kramer)]

Yeah, we were delayed in getting off and had reservations at Yosemite so we
left Florida, spent the first night in Texas, the second in west New Mexico
and the third west of Death Valley at Panamint. No help in altitude
adjustment at Death Valley obviously. We were at Touloumme by early
afternoon of the next day.

 A very quick passage. We usually take a week or so going west with stops at
increasing altitudes and don't usually suffer too much from altitude. We
planned on hiking out to Clouds Rest but just couldn't manage it and it
wasn't just us oldsters but the teenage kids too. A couple of days
aclimatation at increasing altitude make a big difference we never really
adjusted in a week this time.

Bryan

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Adams [mailto:stephensadams@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 17:37
> To: jbryankramer@msn.com
> Cc: AT-L@backcountry.net
> Subject: And...
>
>
> Bryan,
>
> Reference your post, dated 2-4-04.
>
> You advised, ?If you go straight from the east coat to the John Muir you
> better bring an oxygen tank with you, those 10-11,000 foot passes are
> deadly. At least we thought we were going to die after a quick 3 day trip
> straight out to Yosemite last summer from the flatlands.?
>
> Most altitude sickness, which I suppose is what you suffered, is
> caused by
> not acclimating to the altitude, i.e., the elevation gain was too
> sudden; a
> miracle of modern transportation.  I note your reference to ?...
> a quick ...
> trip.?  If you had walked up, the additional time it would have taken
> probably would have reduced if not eliminated your suffering.
>
> My wife suffered something akin to claustrophobia in the Big
> Horns this past
> summer, causing us to abbreviate our stay, although we had
> previously camped
> in the same area on several occasions without incident.
>
> Steve
>
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