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Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2003 17:50:43 -0400
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From: C & A Keller <clkeller@utahweb.com>
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     There have been a lot of good posts on this subject recently - 
enough information to make anyone think twice about the effects of 
hypoxia. I think there has been one important factor that has not been 
mentioned, and that is the time a person has to aclimitize to the higher 
elevations. Anyone who has spent time in the mountains knows that the 
body can function very well at high altitude.  I have spent many days at 
elevations in excess of 15,000 feet, several times over 17,000 feet, 
including a climb to an 18,300 foot peak. The only effect I felt at the 
time was very rapid heart and respiration rates during the last several 
hundred feet of the climb. Also often experienced waking at night 
gasping for breath (Cheyne-Stokes breathing?). However, there were no 
lasting effects to report, except possibly the loss of a couple IQ 
points -- perhaps that's how I got involved in building one of these 
airplanes!!??!!
    The point of this rambling is that I spent a week or more getting to 
those high elevations while you who climb into your high performance 
airplanes can get there in a matter of minutes.
                            Charles


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