[pct-l] pct land for sale

[whitethunder10 at hotmail.com (Joseph Niemiec)]

I have question... is land for sale along the pct? It would be cool to secue 
some for future hikers and build a cabin...

Mouse


>From: Sarah M <msarahm@cox.net>
>To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: [pct-l] Re: training at elevation
>Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:10:56 -0700
>
>Funny, the rule I've heard for years is "climb high, sleep low".  It has a 
>similar ring to it, but a very different meaning.  Perhaps what Wayne means 
>by training doesn't apply to general acclimatization.
>
>"Climb high, sleep low" is a mountaineering rule for acclimating.  Your 
>respiration rate is lowest when you sleep, so at an elevation with reduced 
>oxygen levels you'll have your lowest oxygen intake when you sleep.  I've 
>heard many times that to acclimate it's beneficial to ascend a couple 
>hundred meters higher than your sleeping elevation and spend as many waking 
>hours as possible.  Then descend to sleep.  It's a bad idea to ascend if 
>you have any symptoms of altitude sickness.
>
>The Himalayan Rescue Association used to have pretty good information 
>online.  A couple summers ago I was at Rae Lakes when a man had to 
>evacuated from somewhere near the Woods Creek Crossing with cerebral edema. 
>  A friend who has done a number of big mountains described cerebral edema 
>to me as having your brain squeezed out your sinuses.  Never ascend if you 
>get one of those splitting headaches, and if it doesn't resolve with a 
>liter of water, a pain reliever, and a short break, descend.
>
>There's a Nova (public broadcasting system program) program on DVD on the 
>effects of elevation on the human body that's very interesting and includes 
>some wonderful footage and descriptions of Everest.  I was able to get it 
>from my local library.  It's called "Everest; The Death Zone" or something 
>similar.  The featured mountaineers broke more than a few rules for healthy 
>acclimitization, but it includes some fascinating stuff.  I recommend it if 
>your library has it.
>
>Message: 18
>Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 22:47:02 -0800
>From: Wayne Kraft <wayneskraft@comcast.net>
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] altitude sickness
>
>The rule is:  live high, train low. Training at elevation is not  necessary 
>and may actually detract from your training because it  decreases the 
>intensity of a workout. What you really want to do is  to train at sea 
>level, but sleep on a mountain top.  You do that with  one of these:
>http://www.hypoxico.com/?gclid=CKrqvZ6ax4MCFQ85GAodGDFm6g
>
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