Timeline for What are some proven methods of training for week long backpacking trips at high altitude?
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| Aug 29, 2016 at 8:34 | comment | added | fgysin | -1 for the suggestion of taking Aspiring as a precautionary measure. Please provide solid scientific sources for this. Generally it is not a good idea to suppress/ignore the warning signs which your body gives you (like a headache can be for AMS or dehydration). | |
| Aug 28, 2016 at 19:58 | comment | added | user2169 | Is there any evidence for any of the items on this list? I suspect that all four are either partially or completely incorrect. | |
| Aug 28, 2016 at 16:47 | comment | added | Eliot G York | @Stony for sever altitude sickness, definitely descend. Staying at altitude to acclimate can be dangerous. Descend and then do some assents for longer and longer periods until you are comfortable to stay at the higher altitude. | |
| S Aug 28, 2016 at 14:47 | history | suggested | Ken Graham | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 15, 2014 at 21:56 | comment | added | xpda | Aspirin or Ibuprofen reduces the puffy feeling you get in your head. It will also help you sleep better the first night or two at altitude. (Not scientific or medical info, just personal and secondhand experience.) | |
| Sep 10, 2013 at 16:05 | comment | added | Richard | Highly doubtful you should be self-proscribing diamox for a 14k peak. If you have already given your body sufficient opportunity to acclimatise and you have severe altitude sickness during the climb, then you should descend or at least give yourself a day's rest without further exertion. | |
| Nov 4, 2012 at 14:35 | comment | added | Eyal | I've heard that aspirin is a bad idea when at high altitude. It can mask the onset of a headache, which is one of your first warning signs that you're encountering altitude issues. Usually you take something like Diamox. | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 22:43 | comment | added | Russell Steen | What benefit does thinner blood (aspirin) give to being at altitude? | |
| Mar 12, 2012 at 14:29 | history | edited | Kevin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 10, 2012 at 18:20 | history | answered | flâneuse | CC BY-SA 3.0 |