Originally Posted by Fubarski
Originally Posted by SheriffJoe

Train and condition for altitude. Better off lightening your pack if possible and/or one's belly fat than packing oxygen.

If possible, sleep at a highest elevation feasible before the next day's travel to higher altitude.

Stay well-hydrated (without alcohol).


All good advice, but I'm tryin ta cheat, here.

Buy my way to an extra day above treeline.

Can supplemental oxygen, supplied by a 1 pound device, help me cover more ground climbin from 7-10k feet, under load?

I'm a cheap bastard, but if the $ is right, I'll probably just buy one, to see what happens next summer.


Fubarski, seems like an O2 generator would be useful where you have a continuous need for O2. But for one-time use like you're saying, seems that bottled O2 would be the way to go. Just the weight of the bottle and O2, nothing extra.

Have you looked around for that?


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