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A little hike at 9,000+ feet ,,,,,
forgemonkey
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Daughter & hubby hiking above Telluride, CO. That would be a ‘huff and puff’ for a flat lander,,,,,,,, 😉
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Telluride is beautiful. Hiking there is worth the effort.
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Breath taking,,,
In more ways than one
While visiting my wife's brother in Driggs Idaho, we hiked the Tetons to a place called Wind Cave, it was around 9000' and as forge said that's no place for a flatlander.
I thought that I was going to suffocate, became very dizzy and nauseous, had to stop every five steps or so to rest. The hike back down was very laborious.
I have been to these altitudes before without any ill effects but not climbing/hiking so I'm sure that the physical exertion played a big part in that.
The steep climb was nothing (for the 1st 1000 ft) then my legs said "Hey, this aint Florida" and they started to rebell.
The cave was pretty amazing however, had an ice cold, pure water stream flowing out of it.
We live at just under 5,000' and when "lowlanders" fly in to visit, we always have to warn them about the altitude. Most shrug it off and say they're fine. Until they climb their first flight of stairs. And then it's "Huh huh...What the... huh huh huh...heck?"
They also have no idea what low humidity is. But by the second day, they're buying lip balm, eye drops, and skin lotion.
All true
About 30 years ago went out to visit some friends living in Blue River Colorado, one of about four incorporated towns above 10,0000 feet in elevation in the U.S.
Went from back east 700 foot elevation to 10,000'+ elevation in a few hours time and proceeded to attack a bottle of Jim Beam with my buddies.......Big Mistake !
Felt like I had the flu for a couple days ( altitude sickness) and I was utterly useless while my friends were skiing Breckenridge and Vail. Life lesson learned.
Have skiied a few times beginning just under the 13,000 foot level at Breckenridge and Arapahoe Basin, make 3 turns, stop suck air and repeat...what a blast.
Years ago, I used to backpack up into the Uintah mountains here in Utah. The parking area for the Grandaddy Lakes trail is at 10,000' and the trail goes up from there. It's up and down, but mostly up from there to the string of lakes at 12,000' Gorgeous country with a lot of trout fishing, and it can snow up there in July, but it is indeed a huff-n-puffer with a pack.
I don't do that now.