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Dain Bramage from High Altitude Exposure
#51337 08/02/17 07:59 AM
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Not a typo in the subject, just a lame play on words.

These studies show the brain is apparently altered from exposure to high altitude / low oxygen. In some cases the effects are long-term. These studies were conducted at much higher elevations than Whitney, but the results are interesting. Makes the case for a good acclimation plan and taking even mild AMS seriously.

Three attributes of a good mountaineer are high pain threshold, bad memory, and ... I forget the third.

Into Thin Air 2008

Reversible brain abnormalities - without AMS, 2016

Longterm effects, 2012

Re: Dain Bramage from High Altitude Exposure
SierraNevada #51345 08/02/17 12:18 PM
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ahhh, a favorite topic of mine. Brains.

A member of the 1953 Everest team, Wilfrid Noyce, declared that, “The top layers of my brain were probably dormant up there.” (1954, p. 237). To make matters much worse, Noyce would candidly admit, “At the time I thought I was as alert as at sea level.” (1954, p. 182). Such neurological cost of climbing to extreme altitude would later be studied by anesthesiologist Tom Hornbein et al, (1989). On the West Ridge traverse of Everest in 1963, he himself had fatalistically depicted the outrageously dangerous, exposed, and hypoxic situation this way: “Death had no meaning, nor, for that matter, did life.” (1965, p. 175)

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Harvey Lankford #51685 08/17/17 06:58 AM
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Wish I had read this before attempting Whitney - I might stay away from high alt hikes going forward!

Re: Dain Bramage from High Altitude Exposure
Marcus #51686 08/17/17 07:03 AM
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The case can be made that hiking is good for the brain. It's not like you're hiking The Himalayas or something.

I think this video is for you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Otla5157c

Oh and don't go in saunas because they are full of piranhas!

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