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I visited in December 2017 and was worried about altitude sickness, but was quite rushed the days before the trip and didn’t have a chance to get sickness pills
by acrooks 6y ago
I visited in December 2017 and was worried about altitude sickness, but was quite rushed the days before the trip and didn’t have a chance to get sickness pills from my doctor.
I personally didn’t feel any symptoms, and neither did my friends. We’re all active and healthy people in their 20s.
The only real impact was reaching a shortness of breath much more quickly: hiking and such was certainly a lot more difficult than I’m used to at sea level. I had the same type of experience ski touring in Colorado; never really feeling satiated from breathing during vigorous activity.
- onetimemanytime 6y agoOnce, in a car, we were passing a mountain and the road was zigzag, going up and then down on the other side...definitely felt blood pressure changing. My ears were popping, I guess were moving too fast for the body to adjust. Everyone had the same symptoms, so I felt better :)