[pct-l] Acclimation to altitude

[Yoshihiro Murakami]

2011/1/19 Brandon McGinnity <bmcginnity at gmail.com>:
> someone once told me drinking a lot of water helps, is this true?

Probably yes.  It must be true in the cold thin condition.

There is a simple breathing technique.  When you put out the air from
the mouth, you should  narrow your mouth as like whistling, then the
air pressure  in lungs will increase and you can get more oxygen.




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> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Yoshihiro Murakami <
> completewalker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Get suitable knowledge about altitude sickness, then you can protect
>> yourself.
>>
>> http://www.himalayanrescue.org/hra/index.php
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>> 2011/1/19 Kevin <hikelite at gmail.com>:
>> > Sleep at elevation. Other than one of those pressure chambers, there is
>> no substitute. Having good cardio health will help too.
>> >
>> > Misspellings and typos brought to you by iPhone.
>> >
>> > On Jan 18, 2011, at 7:44 AM, Brandon McGinnity <bmcginnity at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Does anyone have any tips on helping one's body
>> >> adapt to the higher elevations?
>> >>
>> >> --
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Hiro    ( Yoshihiro Murakami )
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Backpacking for 30 years in Japan
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