[pct-l] Puffy eyes, climbing report

[calliger at infolane.com (calliger@infolane.com)]

Oh yes, Coropuna! Right off the pct, eh??? I get sore feet walking there
since it is just a mere 7,500 miles or so from Manning...



On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:42:34 -0700 (PDT), Vic Hanson wrote
> Last week, a couple of friends and I climbed up Coropuna, it is 21,
> 079 feet high. We spent 1 night at 16,000', the next 2 nights at 18,
> 200' and were back down to 8,800' the following afternoon. When we 
> got back, a friend said my eyes were all puffy, actually the skin 
> between the inside of the eyes and nose, mostly a bit above the 
> centerline of the eye. Have any of you experianced this? I don't 
> know if it was from the altidude or from the sun. We were 
> climbing/descending in snow for about 7 hours. I had cheap wrap 
> around sunglasses on that *said* they had UV protection but here 
> that means nothing. It went away after about a day and a half. Also 
> my distance vision was a bit fuzzy for a number of days but is back 
> to normal now. Any ideas? It has never happened before but I have 
> never been that high before or in the snow (got sunburned on the 
> bottom of my nose!) without goggles. What is commonly used on the 
> PCT in the Sierras? Just regular sunglasses?
> 
> If you are interested in reading the trip report and seeing some 
> pictures, they are on my blog, address below.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Vic
> 
> Check out my blog for photos and stories of my adventures in Peru: 
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/vichanson/
> 
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