[pct-l] altitude

[Tom Aterno]

My son and I drove from San Diego to Horseshoe Meadows last year.  
Spent a day and a half acclimating at 10,000' , then hiked up to 
Chicken Spring Lake, roughly 11, 000'.  No ill effects.  Spent a few 
days hiking around and came out over New Army Pass at 12,300'.  No 
altitude sickness for me or my son.

I have heard that if you are presupposed to altitude sickness, the 
problems begin to occur > 12,500'.  We will test that this summer on 
Mt. Langley, and White Mountain.


Tom KI6ASP



On Apr 11, 2008, at 8:44 AM, <jomike at cot.net> wrote:

> I was just reading an article in Backpacker as to what happens to your 
> body at "altitude". Isn't that defined as 10,000' and above? That 
> being the case, what effect do those who have hiked the pct through 
> the Sierra, Forester Pass, et.al  experience? Poorly worded sentence, 
> sorry.
>
> are we there yet
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