Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 5, 2007, at 12:31 PM, Gary Todoroff wrote: > Tina - BE CAREFUL! > I spent one long day of aerial photography where we climbed to 11 > or 12 thousand feet for a few minutes at a time, then dropped down > for lower altitude shots - a real yo-yo flight! I still remember > how odd it felt to be so breathless after only leaning over to wind > the Leica M6 that poked through the camera port in the cabin floor > between my feet. Just that little exertion, and I had to take > several deep breaths to recover. I was a regular jogger and in very > good health, too. > > The strangest part of that high altitude experience was how burnt > out I felt for almost three days after. It took a long time to > recover. I would not choose to spend more than a couple minutes > time at that altitude again. If I had to be there awhile, then it > would need to be preceded by several days of acclimating myself and > probably some medical supervision. > > Altitude sickness affects people differently and is a lot worse > than just feeling out of breath. right, not just being out of breath, from low oxygen... important is the foul up in physiology leading to cerebral edema...ie swelling of the brain, and causing elevated intracranial pressure... Ernie, anything to add? Steve > > Gary Todoroff > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information