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WaterH said:
So can you swim underwater with that?
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I’ll ship some your way. Water up here is like 40 degrees. Report back. :flipoff2:

Also, dibs on your stuff.

rockota said:
First time I went skiing was in Breckenridge… spent more time walking around with an oxygen tank on my face than skiing…

Good luck!
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I could not imagine skiing up here. I was even pacing myself going over the 4Runner. Felt winded a couple times, and slowed down and drank water. Just got worse.
east_beast said:
Lived at near 8000 feet for 14 years. I honestly don't think there's any fixing it. Some people just don't do well at elevation. It's like motion sickness. If you're prone to it that just sucks. Not a whole helluva lot you can do.
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This is actually the first time I’ve experienced it. Couple years ago I hiked at 10k and was fine but the wife and oldest kid started blacking out.

As of right now I just have a little pressure in my head, but definitely feel way better than earlier. Also need food.
 
gunracer1 said:
You can’t drink too much water. I left Texas at 4am and rolled into our valley around one. It was pretty warm and a cold beer sounded good. After the 2nd on I knew i fucked up. Now I never drink before 5 the first day. I kill a big gator aid in Amarillo and a few more bottles of water before I get to our place.
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Yep, you feel way better if you start hydrating the day before you go to elevation.
 
Don't worry about it; you will probabbly die in your sleep from hypoxia. :eek::eek::eek:


IMHO: Your fucked. A litle of 8K feet is the cut-off for thoese who can and thoese that can't.
You should have started hydration treatment few days before you assended to your current altitude. :smokin::smokin::smokin:
 
east_beast said:
Lived at near 8000 feet for 14 years. I honestly don't think there's any fixing it. Some people just don't do well at elevation. It's like motion sickness. If you're prone to it that just sucks. Not a whole helluva lot you can do.
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A bunch of us flew from Maryland out to Colorado to catch a show at Red Rocks. We rented a pretty nice place in Nederland to stay for a few days.

The 1st morning our buddy that is a pretty accomplished runner took off down the driveway for a jog and promptly turned around and came back sucking wind. Another friend ended up in bed puking for a couple days and wouldn't go anywhere. He did end up coming to the show with us.

We parked in one of the lower parking lots and l was dragging ass just to get up the hill to our seats, all the while folks are walking around smoking and running circles around me.

I never put any thought into altitude until that trip.
 
I pretty much had to quit drinking hard liquor after buying my place at 8100'. It raised my blood pressure something fierce. I also felt like shit on days 2-4 after we drove up here, but was consuming 6-8 shots (sipping, on the rocks) of bourbon every day. Now I can only do a beer or two spread out during the day.
I also find it really hard to drink enough water up here. I try for at least 40oz of sugar free Liquid IV and another 40oz of yummy well water every day.
 
Some people cannot handle altitude. It does take days to acclimate and now you can understand why they have people ski into trees up there. Land in DIA, shuttle bus to lodge, jump on skis and then crash. I have hiked a many 14teener in Commierado when I lived there and you have to learn quickly to pick a slower pace. Then when we would go to Pikes Peak, It was entertaining to watch flat landers get out of their vehicle, white knuckled from driving up there, light a cig and then go down. Short Jogging up there will give you a 30 minutes buzz and I lived in Denver.
 
Im just over the pass at 10k in Fairplay, youll be fine. Head up Tiger Rd for shittons of cool exploring. You can drive to 12 k lots of places, including peak 9 to 10. The City Market used to have some little packets of medication for it, dont know if they still do though. Try and sleep a lot too

They still have it, its called altitude adjustment.
 
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Filthy McChevy said:
Im just over the pass at 10k in Fairplay, youll be fine. Head up Tiger Rd for shittons of cool exploring. You can drive to 12 k lots of places, including peak 9 to 10. The City Market used to have some little packets of medication for it, dont know if they still do though. Try and sleep a lot too

They still have it, its called altitude adjustment.
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I just got some today! Thanks man!

We went up Tiger Rd. a little ways when we first got here. Plan is to get out and check out trails tomorrow. Maybe Peak 10.

I’m using OnXOffroad premium.
 
Grew up at 5430ft. Did my share of hiking and hunting in what is now known as the Indian Peaks wilderness above 9k typically, one does tend to increase lung capacity living, playing and working at altitude. Part of why Co Springs has the Olympic training center located there, they looked into the issues of altitude on athletes prior to the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City which is at 7349 ft. Better to at least train at 5280 than sea level...

For the flatlanders coming to higher altitudes it'll be a tough ride for a few days.
 
DVanVorous said:
Grew up at 5430ft. Did my share of hiking and hunting in what is now known as the Indian Peaks wilderness above 9k typically, one does tend to increase lung capacity living, playing and working at altitude. Part of why Co Springs has the Olympic training center located there, they looked into the issues of altitude on athletes prior to the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City which is at 7349 ft. Better to at least train at 5280 than sea level...

For the flatlanders coming to higher altitudes it'll be a tough ride for a few days.
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You lose all that acclimation within about a week.
 
FleshEater said:
Wife got those quick shot air cans. Man that helped immediately.

I’m thinking this was 50% caffeine jitters, 50% altitude, which made a 100% craptastic two hours.
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air can? Like this?
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Take some breaths off the torch... turn the acetylene off though.

After my lung infection I could barely walk 15ft to the bathroom without being winded. Took about a year to be back to ~90%. Lung scarring means will never be 100%
 
FleshEater said:
So I was seemingly fine yesterday when I rolled in. We’re staying at 9,220’.

This morning I did a run down on the 4Runner, changed clothes, and trimmed my beard. That’s it, and now I feel like I’m high on caffeine. Is this the body recovering from the lack of oxygen? Just ride it out or go for a drive to somewhere lower?

Not feeling great. Light headed and I can’t get up without feeling worse.
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Drink water, more and often.

The #1 thing that fucks my group up is dehydration. You can be really dehydrated at sea level with no side effects, 8k and above you will get your dick knocked in the dirt.

Suck on some oxygen to get "right", I'm not a fan of staying on it but if you get altitude sick your trip is fucked.
 
Oxygen. The trick is that you do it for a short time, give it a break. Repeat.


The fancy oxygen systems they put in the houses in big sky change elevation every hour. They bring you "down" to 4000', back to natural, repeat. Supposedly it trains your body pretty quick and you're good to go in a couple days.


Of course, most of us don't get to stay in houses with $100k+ in Oxygen concentrating equipment. So do what you can on your own.
 
If you are still feeling sick after 24 hrs of taking it easy, call these guys.

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They'll give you a shot in your ass and you'll be good to go.

We deal with this all the time when people come to visit. My BIL had to go to Denver with his wife last time. She's been here several times before with no problems. Having a cold makes it 10x worse. Otherwise, take it easy, sleep, water for the first couple days.
 
FleshEater said:
I just got some today! Thanks man!

We went up Tiger Rd. a little ways when we first got here. Plan is to get out and check out trails tomorrow. Maybe Peak 10.

I’m using OnXOffroad premium.
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I used to live on Tiger rd. Built a house there. Wheeler lake is awesome, but you'll have snow this early. If you need to head down in elevation, go over to BV, tons of good trails around. Should be snow free.
 
rockota said:
First time I went skiing was in Breckenridge…
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Same here. I was 16 and all "I feel weird, oh well" and we ski all day the first day. Thought the grownups were all being dramatic. 16 year old males have a special gland in their bodies that produces 1500mg of viagra a day, so that probably helped.
 
FleshEater said:
Would’ve been easier if I wasn’t wheeling in a 106 degree desert. :flipoff2::laughing:

I felt fine until I started doing work. Note to self, be lazy…
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Can I ask how old you are? Also, do you smoke?

In all my years of flying, I’ve gone above 9000’ about half a dozen times. Once I flew in a small plane to around 15,000’ with this old guy and a friend. I looked in the back of the plane and said “Holly shit, Matt’s passed out” and this old guy said it’s because he’s a smoker and he will wake up when we go lower. He did wake up when we landed in Denver. (Not particularly low)
 
jpmassey said:
I used to live on Tiger rd. Built a house there. Wheeler lake is awesome, but you'll have snow this early. If you need to head down in elevation, go over to BV, tons of good trails around. Should be snow free.
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I don’t know that my 4Runner can go the whole way down Wheeler Lake anyways. OnX has it marked as a black trail?

I was looking at North & Middle Fork of the Swan River and Georgia Pass.

Feeling better today so going up into the mountains.
 
WaterH said:
Can I ask how old you are? Also, do you smoke?

In all my years of flying, I’ve gone above 9000’ about half a dozen times. Once I flew in a small plane to around 15,000’ with this old guy and a friend. I looked in the back of the plane and said “Holly shit, Matt’s passed out” and this old guy said it’s because he’s a smoker and he will wake up when we go lower. He did wake up when we landed in Denver. (Not particularly low)
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I’m 39, in good shape, and only smoke cigars. But the cigar smoking is new compared to the last time I was hiking at 10,000’.
 
FleshEater said:
I don’t know that my 4Runner can go the whole way down Wheeler Lake anyways. OnX has it marked as a black trail?

I was looking at North & Middle Fork of the Swan River and Georgia Pass.

Feeling better today so going up into the mountains.
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Those are all cool drives. North Fork is the toughest but I used to do it in a full size open diff 4wd Pickup. Haven't been on it in 20 + years now. Did Georgia pass last year in a full size PU. Doubtful Wheeler would be passable at the toughest part yet anyway. If you do Georgia Pass up and back you can head up American Gulch and go down Humbug Hill to French Gulch and do an easy walk to see the remains of a dredgeboat on the way back to Breckenridge.
 
Filthy McChevy said:
Those are all cool drives. North Fork is the toughest but I used to do it in a full size open diff 4wd Pickup. Haven't been on it in 20 + years now. Did Georgia pass last year in a full size PU. Doubtful Wheeler would be passable at the toughest part yet anyway. If you do Georgia Pass up and back you can head up American Gulch and go down Humbug Hill to French Gulch and do an easy walk to see the remains of a dredgeboat on the way back to Breckenridge.
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None of these are on OnX. Are they marked up there?

Never mind. Found them. Thanks!
 
Altitude will whoop yer ass. Time and water will help. I live at 7000ish feet and takes a metric fuck ton to get me drunk when i visit my folks in slo ca, think beach as in ocean.
If you want to prove me wrong please hit me up and id love to meet some irates when im in the area, ill grill the steaks.
 
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