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<blockquote data-quote="25 Otter" data-source="post: 720773" data-attributes="member: 26801"><p>I was concerned about the effects of gaining 10,000 ft from here to Colorado last year. I did the Ginko and Grape seed for 8 weeks before leaving and figured that would be enough. We were walking around Wal Mart in Gunnison when a nice lady came up to me and asked. Where re you from? I told her and she said she could see right off I was from out of town. I guess I looked pretty bad. Driving straight through likely didn't help,lol. She then asked where we would be camped and I told her right at 9,000 ft. She told me to get on the water hard,and if i got too bad to get back down to town and get some MD attention. She was an O.R. nurse in town for 12 years and had seen A LOT of altitude sickness. Talk about shaking me up! I'm asthmatic and was living in fear of that as well.</p><p> </p><p>So,off to the pharmacy I go for more Ginko and Grape seed. I down a couple of each and have a water in hand most of the time the first 2 days. Suppliments twice a day all week. Thankfully I suffered no ill effects from the altitude. Shortness of breath for sure,but no illness. Funny,I'd be jerked awake every night running out of air. I'd catch up a few breaths and go right back to sleep. I'm told at rest when your body slows down,this is quite common. One of the big mistakes us flatlanders make is lying around the first day at altitude. Being sedentary slowes your oxygen up take and worsens the effects of altitude. Light exercise and LOTS of water is much better. Worked for me. We camped @ 9,000 and hunted to 12,000. Aside from being impared with the asthma things went well. I'll be on the Ginko and grape for sure next summer/fall, and hydrated from the time we leave home!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="25 Otter, post: 720773, member: 26801"] I was concerned about the effects of gaining 10,000 ft from here to Colorado last year. I did the Ginko and Grape seed for 8 weeks before leaving and figured that would be enough. We were walking around Wal Mart in Gunnison when a nice lady came up to me and asked. Where re you from? I told her and she said she could see right off I was from out of town. I guess I looked pretty bad. Driving straight through likely didn't help,lol. She then asked where we would be camped and I told her right at 9,000 ft. She told me to get on the water hard,and if i got too bad to get back down to town and get some MD attention. She was an O.R. nurse in town for 12 years and had seen A LOT of altitude sickness. Talk about shaking me up! I'm asthmatic and was living in fear of that as well. So,off to the pharmacy I go for more Ginko and Grape seed. I down a couple of each and have a water in hand most of the time the first 2 days. Suppliments twice a day all week. Thankfully I suffered no ill effects from the altitude. Shortness of breath for sure,but no illness. Funny,I'd be jerked awake every night running out of air. I'd catch up a few breaths and go right back to sleep. I'm told at rest when your body slows down,this is quite common. One of the big mistakes us flatlanders make is lying around the first day at altitude. Being sedentary slowes your oxygen up take and worsens the effects of altitude. Light exercise and LOTS of water is much better. Worked for me. We camped @ 9,000 and hunted to 12,000. Aside from being impared with the asthma things went well. I'll be on the Ginko and grape for sure next summer/fall, and hydrated from the time we leave home! [/QUOTE]
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