[pct-l] Acclimation to altitude

[Hillary Schwirtlich]

I've never had much of a problem with altitude sickness, and I'm going to
attribute part of that to the fact that the first time I ever did any hiking
over 8,000 ft altitude, I was told "the only thing you can do to prevent
altitude sickness is drink water, drink water, and drink more water." It's
good advice to follow. One of the guys on that trip decided he didn't need
to drink more water than normal, and he spent the evening vomiting. Any time
I start feeling any nausea or lightheadedness while mountaineering or hiking
at altitude, I drink water, maybe eat something, drink more water and wait,
and eventually it goes away.

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Brandon McGinnity <bmcginnity at gmail.com>wrote:

> someone once told me drinking a lot of water helps, is this true?
>
> (also, I'm new to the list, and not entirely sure if I'm responding
> correctly. Do all replies go to pct-l at backcountry.net?)
>
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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