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Thread: Life at 16,500 feet
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09-15-2019, 07:31 AM #1
Life at 16,500 feet
Good article about altitude sickness research in Peru.
https://vis.sciencemag.org/hypoxia-city/
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09-15-2019, 08:58 AM #2
Thanks for posting--I was just about to sign up to be a Peruvian gold miner.
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09-15-2019, 11:03 AM #3
I watched Touching The Void last night, so I think I am pretty much an expert on this subject.
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09-15-2019, 01:16 PM #4
Their lives would be so much better if they just started vaping.
Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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09-15-2019, 05:27 PM #5
There were a number of well known high altitude physiologists in my grad program, including "the great John West". Dude's house had fleas.
Daniel Ortega eats here.
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09-15-2019, 06:21 PM #6
I thought fleas couldn’t live above 6000 ft.
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09-15-2019, 06:31 PM #7
Flea from TRHCP used to get higher than that all the time.
Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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09-15-2019, 06:34 PM #8
My crib is 7,500 ft. No fleas here.
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09-15-2019, 06:35 PM #9
6250 here, plenty of fleas in the right season.
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09-15-2019, 07:09 PM #10
Dr. West's place was in La Jolla, so sea level. Super nice guy, just have your clothes dry cleaned afterwards to ensure any (flea) eggs are destroyed.
Daniel Ortega eats here.
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09-15-2019, 07:54 PM #11
Ooh, I take it back, we have flies, but not fleas
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09-15-2019, 11:13 PM #12
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09-16-2019, 09:20 AM #13
Sounds like a lovely mountain community. Is Benny a local there?
I agree it is a constitutional right for Americans to be assholes...its just too bad that so many take the opportunity...iscariot
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09-16-2019, 10:52 AM #14
Not unless they have a boutique ski boot shop.
Daniel Ortega eats here.
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09-16-2019, 10:56 AM #15
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09-16-2019, 07:22 PM #16
Very interesting read. Thanks for posting.
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09-16-2019, 09:42 PM #17Registered User
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09-17-2019, 03:24 AM #18
i puked all over the inca trail once. i highly recommend a day or two of acclimatization.
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