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Re: New member here! How many countries have you visited?

Posted on: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:23:07 +0000

Following up to "a.spencer3" wrote:

>In the 50's I was often 'scrambling amongst the Alps' at 12,000ft. plus.
>I'd probably never heard of altitude sickness then, and certainly never
>experienced it.
>Good grief, there was even a tourist restaurant, I believe, on the
>Jungfraujoch which can't be much short of 12,000?
>Obviously altitude sickness exists, but I always assumed it was at higher
>heights than this?

sickness as such, yes i think higher, things like oedema (sp?). But
feeling knackered starts somewhere above 10000 for me, we are all
different (thats knackered while climbing, not sitting about).
--
Mike
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