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[pct-l] elevation sickness



Good evening, Steve,

I know how the "whimpering messes" feel, in another context.  In a
blue-water fishing boat off the Oregon coast I was leaning over the rail
talking to RALPH while a guy on the other side was happy as he could be
smoking a cigarette, drinking beer, and eating stale pizza all while
cranking in the fish.  Science can't seem to explain that either.  I think I
barfed a baloney sandwich that I ate in the second grade, just before my
shoelaces came up.

Steel-Eye

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Courtway" <scourtway@bpa-arch.com>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] elevation sickness


> It's interesting that science still does not have a definitive answer as
to
> why some folks are more suseptible to AMS and the effects of elevation in
> general.  I routinely climb mt. san gorgonio (11,500 ft.) starting here in
> San Diego (elev. 0) the same morning with no problem, I've never even got
a
> headache.  Other friends though, have been reduced to whimpering messes
with
> those types of gains in the past.
>
> I'm not sure the 1000 ft. per day rule applies here in California, heh
> heh.......
>
> s.c.
>
>