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There is like no air at 9700 feet

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tcsenter

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I'm condo-sitting in Silverthorne, Colorado for a few weeks. I have been here for four days and still feel like crap unless I'm parked in front of the TV or computer = altitude sickness. I knew I was out of shape but CRAP! I carried my luggage up two [small] flights of stairs and nearly collapsed I was so winded and dizzy.

I should have spent a few days in Denver or got some epoetin injections from my doctor before leaving. I can't believe so many people come up here from 100 feet above sea level then try to hit the slopes within hours. The hospitals and clinics are always full of people suffering from altitude sickness.

I finally got their old POS Packard Bell working. They had no functional computer when I got here and that was just not acceptable so I got crackin on it not long after they left. 😀
 
This experience should teach you to spend more time taking care of your body , and less time taking care of the computer.
 
Originally posted by: tcsenter
I'm condo-sitting in Silverthorne, Colorado for a few weeks. I have been here for four days and still feel like crap unless I'm parked in front of the TV or computer = altitude sickness. I knew I was out of shape but CRAP! I carried my luggage up two [small] flights of stairs and nearly collapsed I was so winded and dizzy.

I should have spent a few days in Denver or got some epoetin injections from my doctor before leaving. I can't believe so many people come up here from 100 feet above sea level then try to hit the slopes within hours. The hospitals and clinics are always full of people suffering from altitude sickness.

I finally got their old POS Packard Bell working. They had no functional computer when I got here and that was just not acceptable so I got crackin on it not long after they left. 😀
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Dude, what's affected you is the strain of dealing with the Packard - HELL.... 😀
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btw who are these people your condo-sitting for? How do you just disapear from regular life to go condo-sit? Are you all alone?!?

just seems weird to me....would the condo go hungry if you were not there or something?
 
Hydration, hydration, hydration. I got altitude sickness a couple of years ago in CO myself. The secret is just to pound the fluids. I think I drank 3-4 gallons of water (plus a few 64oz bottles of Gatorade) my 2nd day, but by the 3rd day I felt fine.
 
my parents used to live at 8650 feet in bogota and it didn't really both me much. after living there it didn't bother us so much when we went to cuzco peru at 11,000 feet. its so high that they can only fly planes in and out early in the morning when the air is dense (gets darn near freezing every night, and warm enough for shorts every day)
 
Originally posted by: chiwawa626
btw who are these people your condo-sitting for? How do you just disapear from regular life to go condo-sit? Are you all alone?!?

just seems weird to me....would the condo go hungry if you were not there or something?
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Well there are people who professionally 'sit' rich folks homes while the owners are off jetting around Europe or sailing in the Pacific, especially if there are pets to take care of and the owners don't like the idea of boarding kennels (and rich people usually don't). Apparently, people who own million $$ homes don't like to leave them for weeks or months at a time without someone being there. Its a good racket, if you can get it.

But in my case I am staying at a condo owned by a friend of the family while they are vacationing. The husband has roughly $5,000 worth of marine fish, coral, sea urchines, and the like that need to be fed and the water conditions monitored.

Their 'primary' home is two hours away and my mother is staying there watching their youngest child, getting him off to school, taking care of two dogs, a cat, and another marine setup, etc.
 
Think about how bad you feel at 9000 ft and then figure that base camp for Mt Everest is at around 20 000 ft. Imagine what it must be like there.
 

i'm glad my body is conditioned for it. i live at sea level right now, and i used to drive all night up to Mammoth and hit the slopes right when i get there first thing in the morning, where the summit is over 11,000 feet above sea level. i never had trouble with breathing or energy levels, except for the usual tiredness from lack of sleep. i will go at it all day snowboarding from top to bottom. of course i grew up near Lake Tahoe, which helps. you need higher RBC count, which will help with thinner air.

 
Originally posted by: Antisocial-Virge
Think about how bad you feel at 9000 ft and then figure that base camp for Mt Everest is at around 20 000 ft. Imagine what it must be like there.
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Well I suppose that climbers acclimated to 10K ft feel no worse going to 20K than I do being acclimated to 100ft and going to 10K. I've spent a few days at 11K before, but that was when I was 18, in great condition, and had already spent three days at 5500ft before going to 11K.

Otherwise, I've spent 99.9% of my life at no higher than 500ft above sea level. 😕

It's getting better, but I didn't think it would take nearly a week. :disgust:
 
Originally posted by: Antisocial-Virge
Think about how bad you feel at 9000 ft and then figure that base camp for Mt Everest is at around 20 000 ft. Imagine what it must be like there.
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Close...base camp is about 17,500' and the trek in usually takes a couple of weeks out of Kathmandu.

Go Trekkin'!
 
I grew up at about 700 feet above sea level. I took a back packing trip in northern New Mexico. The lowest spot (parking lot) was at 6600 feet. We back packed up to a base camp at 11,000 feet, and I couldn't even tell the difference, except for sun screen lotions would shoot out of the tube when they were opened. One of our crew had a lot of altitude problems and had to turn back, yet two of our crew who were cross-country runners decided to take a nice jog at the 11,000 foot base camp elevation. We hiked to the peak at 12,400 feet, and I never noticed anything. Maybe that's because I had already been there for a week and a half before back packing that mountain.
 
Heh. Best rush I ever had in my life was running around like a madman at the top of Pike's Peak for 10 minutes. Whew! The air is quite thin at 14,000+ feet. Then again, it was only about 25 degrees up there and I did it wearing only a pair of shoes and my shorts on a bet 🙂

picture to proove it 🙂
 
Give it a few days, drink lots of water and stay away from all the tasty CO beer. You'll adjust. I was in Breckenridge this spring skiing and it took me a couple days to feel normal even taking into account all the aerobic exercise I do.
 
I love taking friends up the Palm Springs Tram. In about 1/2 hour you go from near sea level to about 8,000 feet . . . and then there is a nice hike up to over 10K feet - I find out who is "in shape".

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