Can you loose your Acclimation after living at 6300 feet?
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:14 pm
Two months ago we relocated down to a elevation of 2100 feet after living in Tahoe for 23 years at 6300 feet. I went on a very short hike in the Carson Pass area to around 8500 feet or so...hiking up a found myself more out of breath and wanting to stop more than usual, walking down hill out and on the flats I did not feel that. I am wondering if it is because I am starting to loose my acclimation I had living at 6300 feet all those years and now at 2100 feet..or that I am just out of shape since I have not been hiking as much as I use to..or a combination of the two. Can one loose their acclimation in just two months? This is awful if this is what is going on with me!