I Live At An Altitude Of 400 Feet- Right Now I'm At 7500 feet-I'm dizzy, ask me anything

[SPKrazy]

I'm series!11!!1111

Ask and I'll tell you!

;-)

:hippie:

:hi:

Oh, and I'm being timed on the internet for future reference so as to "shame" me into feeling bad, so take your time please!

:rofl:

[Redstone]

1. Jeez, if you can't manage a 7K feet difference, go see a doctor, would you?

That's not an awful lot of pressure drop.

Redstone

[SPKrazy]

2. Come Here And Say That Big Guy!

LOL

it's a big difference

:rofl:

[Karenca]

17. A dangerous condition in high altitudes -- particularly above 8,000 feet -- is

Acute Mountain Sickness .

The good news is that the body generally can adapt to the decreased oxygen at higher elevations in a matter of a few days.

[SPKrazy]

20. Thanks

I'm 500 feet away from having acute mountain sickness

LOL

[Karenca]

22. The closer you live to sea level, the more time your body will need to get used to high altitude.

Avoid strenuous activity for the first day or two.
Drink extra fluids, at least 6 to 8 glasses of water or juice a day.
Not drink alcohol or take sleeping pills, tranquilizers or antihistamines.
Eat high-carbohydrate foods (rice, pasta, cereal).


Now, go enjoy the beautiful mountains !

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

24. I Want To Go Do Something Fun

like hike, or go to the gym, or maybe even go skiing down the road a ways

Maybe if I hook up an IV, I can hydrate that way!

[Arugula Latte]

70. 7,000 is high.

Rocky Mountain Hiiiiiiigh.

I spent a summer in Colorado and I never felt anything other than breathless when I tried to go for a hike there.

Being a mountain person is just not in me, I think. Give me the coast, any day ...

[av8rdave]

72. My College campus was at about 7300 feet

The first few weeks of basic training were hell. I thought I was a pretty good runner when I got there, but was humbled pretty quickly.

[fizzgig]

3. where do you live

and where are you now?

i'd have to climb a very big mountain to get a change of altitude like that

[SPKrazy]

4. I live In Arkansas-Fort Smith

I am visiting family in Estes Park Colorado elevation 7522 ft.

It always takes me a few days to get used to the elevation and the dryness. There isn't enough oxygen here!

[Lost4words]

7. Is Trail Ridge Road open?

[SPKrazy]

10. No, It Isn't Open

why? beautiful drive though

:shrug:

[Lost4words]

18. Just wondered, I' ve been there. Estes Park is Beautiful.

There is a point on Trail Ridge Rd. where you are above 12,000 ft +/- and its a two lane road, no shoulder to speak of and no guard rail (at least not when I was there last) and you are literally at the apex of 1 mountain. If anyone should go off road at point,.....On either side,...well, gravity would take over for a LONG time. My wife was totally freaked when an RV was comming toward us.

:eyes:

[SPKrazy]

19. Yeah, I know that place

I love that drive, it is a beautiful view, and so much to see.

I actually saw a female moose on the East (Estes) side of Rocky Mtn. Park. I know that usually you are lucky to see one on the other side, but I was impressed to see her walking in the road last year.

[fizzgig]

8. i'm not far from estes park

there's plenty of oxygen here, you are just a wuss ;)

i do sympathize. there's too much damn oxygen when i visit family at sea level and i get dizzy down there and i never feel clean because of the humidity. enjoy your trip!

[SPKrazy]

14. I Know, I'm A Wuss

it just takes a few days

and I'm not really that dizzy unless I stand up or move around.

Plan to get some exercise and drink lots of liquids

I grew up at an elevation of around 5000, but moving to the Mid South reset my brain I guess.

[huskerlaw]

9. OMG,

I LOVE Estes Park!

We have family vacations there all the time. Love. It.

[SPKrazy]

11. It's A Beautiful Place

my parents moved here 8 or 9 years ago.

My mom died last year and Dad is still here.

[rockymountaindem]

41. Welcome to Colorado!

But deal carefully with the trail ridge road advice... the our fair state doesn't seem to live in guard rails.

[SPKrazy]

42. Oh, I Know and It's Closed Anyway

guard rails, who needs them?

[Writer]

47. I know. What is up with that?

Every time we drive up to RMNP, I'm always shocked by the narrow, curvy roads sans guard rails. FUN! :P

[rockymountaindem]

48. I have no idea

They say real men don't need guard rails, though.

[Writer]

49. Yes, the mountain roads put hair on our chests...

even the women. :P

[SPKrazy]

52. Wow, That Is Really Scary!

I mean the road of course!;-)

[BikeWriter]

79. One of my ancestors met his Cherokee wife at Ft. Smith...

Way back in the early 1800s.

[huskerlaw]

5. What are you doing

up there at 7500 feet? That sounds COLD!

We midwesterners aren't cut out for that altitude.

[SPKrazy]

12. I'm Freezing My Arse Off

brrrrrrr

I'm even higher since I'm upstairs, probably 7534 ft!

The good thing: using the stair mill at the gym has made it easier to climb the damned stairs here with suitcases.

:rofl:

[Lost4words]

6. Stay hydrated to avoid headaches, we moved from sea level to 7,700!

is it windy where you are?

[SPKrazy]

13. It Was Windy When We Got Here

Yes, I'm hydrating

water, and anything else, always helps.

bad sinuses doesn't help.

[Whoa_Nelly]

15. I'll get you, my pretty!

You and your little DU friends, too!

[SPKrazy]

16. Oh Please, I Can't Wait!

come and get me hee hee hee!

;-) ;-) :pals:

[Whoa_Nelly]

21. Look for the arrival of the giant bubble

and we'll whisk away

am thinking Cancun....you?

[SPKrazy]

23. Cancun Baby!

Let's go

where's that bubble?

I think I see it

come rescue me!:toast: :party:

we go have some fun in the sun!

[Whoa_Nelly]

25. Are you ready?

'cause here we go!!!!!

[SPKrazy]

26. Ahhhhhhh !

I can feel the warmth of the sun

hey, you're looking pretty hot there, let me rub some lotion on your back! he he he

Is this a private beach, there's no one around.

uh oh, it's getting really hot out here

don't want the thread to get lock...


:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[Whoa_Nelly]

27. IBTL!

Looks like someone tried to follow us, but got locked out anyway hehehe

[SPKrazy]

28. Where Do You Get These Crazy Pictures?

you crack me up!

I think we'll be safe inside there as he can't get in

who wants to leave now anyway, we're inside, room service just came, hey, it's a party!

[Whoa_Nelly]

29. And a cozy place it is, too!

Look! We got the Caveman Room!

Wanna play?

[SPKrazy]

31. Looks Like Too Much Fun

let's play

me caveman

(do I drag you by the hair now? or is that just in the movies?)

me keep you warm- very warm in our cave!

:rofl: :rofl: :hug:

[Whoa_Nelly]

33. Me, Jane_Nelly!

Will you sing for me?

[SPKrazy]

34. Oh I Will Sing To You

on a pile of furs, in our cave of love!

Oh Jane, Oh Jane, you are my cavegirl Jane!

Me go hunt big bear, and come home to find you here!

And we eat bear, and then we play in here!

(I know bear and here don't rhyme well at all, but cavemen don't know about rhyming)

:evilgrin:

[Whoa_Nelly]

35. Save the bear grease...

We'll need for a private game of Twister :evilgrin:

[SPKrazy]

36. Bear Grease!

right foot blue

left foot red

right hand yellow

left hand green

I keep falling down from all the grease!

I've fallen on you and I can't get ...

oh, my

quick this thread is in danger now of being locked!


:evilgrin:

[Whoa_Nelly]

39. We need to clean up before this gets locked

in our Caveman Paradise Bath!

[SPKrazy]

40. Ooh Look!

bubbling fountains to clean up in, and a waterfall, and we have to get this bear grease off of us

last one in is food for the sabre tooth tiger!

(Don't worry, caveman will protect you from sabre tooth tigers)

:evilgrin:

I saw some real waterfalls with pools like that at the bottom of a branch of the Grand Canyon on the Havasu Indian reservation. Same color water and everything.

[Whoa_Nelly]

43. Havasu Res.... about a 7 hour drive for me

When can you get there? :9

oh...too cold? Then, guess we'll have to check into a cabin somewhere....and move on to being The Canyon People! Start a fire and snuggle in for the night...

Ahhh...The cabin's somewhere right over there!

[SPKrazy]

51. It'a A Beautiful Place

I'm not seeing a cabin but I'll take your word for it!

:9

be there quick as I can

[reyd reid reed]

30. Heeeee....

welcome to my world.

It's not so bad though, really. Unless you try to bake. Or cook. Or breath.

Or think.

And hey...the way I look at it, I've got a built-in excuse for when I do something stupid. I just blame the lack of oxygen in the atmosphere up here.

:D

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

32. ROFL

I hear ya.

I remember being up here when my folks lived in Ft. Collins (about 2K lower) and moving wheelbarrows full of small rocks for their yard from a pile that they had delivered.

After about an hour of that, I thought I was going to die, NO AIR!

now what was I saying?

who am I responding to?

;-) :pals:

[Writer]

46. RRR... at what altitude is CS?

I'm at about 5,000 here in the Fort...

[reyd reid reed]

71. We're higher than that...

depends where you are in town, but we're between 6500 and 7000 feet for the most part. Baking is a challenge. Right now I'm making candy and that gets tricky (water boils at under 195 degrees, rather that 212).

[av8rdave]

73. I didn't realize you're in the Springs

I sure miss it!

[reyd reid reed]

74. Except for the Fundies under every rock

and the Freepers hiding behind the trees, I love it, altitude or not.

:D

[av8rdave]

76. I was just there for the 4 years of college, but loved the area

the politics notwithstanding. I get back for layovers and occasional reunions, but that's about it these days

[reyd reid reed]

77. CC

or UCCS?

[av8rdave]

78. Neither....I was at USAFA

[reyd reid reed]

80. Duh...

Heh...makes sense. Which, of course, would be why I didn't make the connection.

:crazy:

The Academy's gorgeous...they've gotten to be a pain in the backside lately, though. Bonehead's in the Youth Symphony and they're playing at the Cadet Chapel in March -- I might wanna start figuring out how to get on base now...

:eyes:

[av8rdave]

81. That they have

A few things have happened there that just make me scratch my head.

I don't have any idea what the policy for getting on base is these days, but wouldn't think an event at the chapel would be too hard to get to.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

37. If you had 2 oranges and had to segment...

who would get the pith?

[SPKrazy]

38. Oh, I Pithy You Now! n/t

[Nicole]

44. Do you have any of these?

[SPKrazy]

58. Thanks Nicole!

I may need them!

Or maybe I'll just hurl in the snow!


I bet Oklahoma is warm right now!

But it isn't as pretty

and it's gonna get cold soon!


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Writer]

45. Hang in there, buddy. It can potentially get worse.

:hi:

Love,

Writer, one who lives at 5,000 feet.

Edit to add: For instance, I know someone who lives at about 9,000 feet. :P

[SPKrazy]

53. That Is Really

high up!

IT'S SNOWING HERE! YEAH!

:bounce:

[Writer]

55. Oh yeah?

Then that means it will be snowing where I am fairly soon. I'm in the same county, just a few thousand feet below you. :hi:

[SPKrazy]

57. From Your Thread

I see it is now snowing where you are

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[cwydro]

50. So, I gotta ask

WHY are you being timed?

[BarenakedLady]

54. Sorry

You know that I know exactly how that is....:hug:

Pop on when you can. How long are you going to be there?

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

56. Oh I Will Be Here

all week!

Until next Saturday anyway.

Thanks

:hug:

[Samurai_Writer]

59. Welcome to my neck of the woods, southpaw!

I moved from south Florida to Colorado last year. I was so sick when I first got there. I live at 8500 feet now and am doing fine -- finally adjusted to the altitude, even though I have asthma. I agree with those who said drink lots of water and don't try to overdo it. Take it easy for the first couple of days and you should be fine.

You just got here in time for some snow, too! Lucky you! :)

[SPKrazy]

60. Yes It's Snowing Good

I'm drinking water

but I'm going to the gym!

probably won't be able to do more than take easy


my son just shrugged like this:

:shrug:

perfect imitation of him or visa versa!

[graywarrior]

61. What in hell are you going to do when you ascend to heaven with Jesus and the Crucifieds?

[SPKrazy]

62. I Don't Have Any

fucking idea!

I guess we will be rocking in wherever

or else I'll be burning in hell!

:rofl: :rofl:

[graywarrior]

63. Well, you're in luck...You're going the other way, along with the rest of us.

[SPKrazy]

64. Yeah, On The Highway To Hell!

oh I'm going down


BTW

I'm glad you posted that Rev's computer died. I would have worried about that girl, but now I know that she is just fine on the highway to hell with Toby!



;)

[graywarrior]

65. Yeah, I miss her. We were supposed to go over to Lukas' & Toby's site and cause trouble

[SPKrazy]

66. Oh No!

trouble maker!

What will JC and the Crucifieds think?:pals:

[graywarrior]

68. I don't think they'll get hung up on the idea of it

[cwydro]

67. That must have been a hell of a change.

I live at 0 sea level right now. Can't imagine.

[Left Is Write]

69. Are you sure it isn't the leg pic thread that has you feeling dizzy?

[SPKrazy]

82. No, It Could Well Be The Leg Pic Thread

I don't know if I was dizzy before that or not?

:shrug:

:loveya:

[Patiod]

75. Try being anemic & traveling to altitude!

Live at sea level, and took a vacation to the Medicine Bow Range in WY -- 7500 feet. Wasn't thinking that maybe a high-altitude vacation wasn't a good idea if I was scheduled for surgery to help my severe anemia. Got fatigued really easily, and always short of breath (that never happened before).

Thankfully, it was a horseback riding vacation, so my horse did most of the work. Spent the rest of the time in a hammock, which doesn't suck either. And got totally blotto on 2 tiny glasses of wine (altitude saves you mucho dinero on alcohol)

One positive thing: when we got back to sea level, it was like I was on meth for a day: Never felt so much energy in my LIFE (yay! Oxygen!). So you've go that to look forward to!

[SPKrazy]

83. Yeah, There Is That

and working out up here will make it easier to work out when I get home?


:applause: :woohoo: :rofl: