Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting What do you do for altitude sickness?

My wife and I are both 76 years old and our cabin in Arizona's White Mountains, where we spend May through October every year, is at about 9,000 feet elevation.

When we move up in the spring, we spend the first week doing as little as possible. Even so, we both suffer headaches and fatigue until we have become accustomed to the elevation.

Our biggest problem isn't the elevation, though. It's the shock of coming off the mountain in the fall and returning to our home in Tucson and seeing all the traffic, billboards, buildings and hordes of people.

Bill Quimby

Man, glad I work at 8000+ feet. I still think the air gets thin especially with an elk on your back packing up hill.

Gonna be in CO in the Maroon Bells W.A. in three weeks for the early season high country mule deer hunt. We will be camped at 11,000 feet so will have to watch it.I think we are at about 400 feet above sea level here and we drive straight thru to arrive day before to up the mountain.
We were there during the 9/11/01 Twin Towers stike (which we did not hear about till three days later). Had a few mild symptoms on the 4th day, but nothing serious.
Being 11 years older and not quite as good shape, I got some pills from the Doc today.
Plan on working hard on the 5K for next three weeks and staying well hydrated and heavy doses of Vit C while there.

This was an iteresting thread.
Thanks
Tim