[pct-l] Acclimation to altitude

[Gerry Zamora]

Just wondering Ron were u climbing in the area day hiking or up on mammoth
mt?
On Jan 22, 2011 11:20 AM, "Ron Dye" <chiefcowboy at verizon.net> wrote:
> I am very susceptible for HAPE (spent three days in the hospital in Bishop
> sucking oxygen once - from only 10,000'). Diane is right in projecting no
> problems if you are doing the entire trail. I acclimated quite well in
2000
> and had no problems.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
> On Behalf Of Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 8:56 PM
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Acclimation to altitude
>
> The good news is that you will have been at quite high altitudes for
> a month before you hit the High Sierra. And you will walk to the High
> Sierra, making your altitude gain automatically gentle. You will
> acclimatize painlessly.
>
> Once in a while someone will have trouble, but it is typical that you
> won't have any trouble.
>
> I remember talking with Maw-ee and Paw-ee near Tehachapi. They were
> talking about the high, 5000 foot altitudes of the AT. I checked the
> Data Book and informed them they were sitting at higher than 5000
> feet right now.
>
> You will be even higher than 5000 feet well before Tehachapi.
>
> On Jan 18, 2011, at 6:26 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
>> The wisdom used to be that it takes about 20 days at altitude to
>> gain decent
>> acclimatization (is that a word?).
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