[pct-l] Acclimation to altitude

[Gary Wright]

On Jan 18, 2011, at 10:07 PM, Jim Keener ( J J ) wrote:
> In 2004, I had no problem with high elevation, taking two passes and 24 miles in one day in the Sierra. But. By 2008, with then unknown to me atrial fibrillation, that had changed. Going up the Mission Creek drainage - near where you plan to start - I had significant problems. A fellow who is a mountaineering guide in Alaska diagnosed it as altitude sickness. No energy, nausea. Of significance is that I had hiked the PCT up to there. 

That is an area around 8000' that I forgot to mention in my earlier message.

The high point is near Onyx Summit at 8637'.  About 12 trail miles at or above 8000'.

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