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Re: High Altitude Living – 8,000 ft and above (2021)

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Post by akshitgaur2005 » Mon, Sep 15, 2025, 7:43 AM UTC

mixmastamyk wrote: post #56

akshitgaur2005 wrote: post #38

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I really do wonder how big of that is a genetic factor and how big just being more acclimated to the altitude and the region?

It sounds like you didn’t lose your acclimation while away at school?

Well it has only been 2 years, and I actually grew up in the plains, but keep going back to my village for atleast a month each year

Re: High Altitude Living – 8,000 ft and above (2021)

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Post by ruicraveiro » Mon, Sep 15, 2025, 9:10 AM UTC

There's an old aviation adage that says that time spent flying isn't deductible from one's lifespan. This article supports that. :-)

Re: High Altitude Living – 8,000 ft and above (2021)

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Post by lazyant » Mon, Sep 15, 2025, 3:03 PM UTC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Rinconada,_Peru at 5,100 m (16,700 ft) is the highest town in the world. Locals play soccer on the street after working all day at the mines, visitors need oxygen tanks.

Re: High Altitude Living – 8,000 ft and above (2021)

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Post by mos_basik » Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 3:51 PM UTC

mylifeandtimes wrote: post #57

Syzygies wrote: post #33

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I met Charles Snead Houston, who lead the first two American attempts on K2 and became a doctor. (He fell the furthest in "The Belay", the most famous belay in mountaineering history.) He asked me to explain my work on card shuffling, so we traded. He taught me about altitude sickness, for which he was the foremost expert. I then read his books before my own mountaineering, and his advice worked for me. In a nutshell…

I'm interested in your work on card shuffling. Or perhaps you could point me to a starter website? Alas, I don't have much to trade for it except respect.

I'm also curious - I found this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40895185