How high can hurt my brain
Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 9:39 am
Hi everybody
I live in a city with average height of 1400m above the sea level. Here peaks are not higher than 5700m above the sea and I climb them in a day or two. I've got Mountain Sickness before. I remember many times when I wanted to stay at 4000m for a night, I'd got an easy headache, and sometimes it'd got to AMS. Now a day I feel good with no headache or such, I thought it's OK. but recently I saw a film: Everest: The Death Zone
Now I'm completely convinced that Hypoxia can hurt my brain before the AMS begin, and my question is what is the approximate height that hypoxia may begin? What is the sign? (for example easy headaches?)
Any guide-lines? clues or comments?
I live in a city with average height of 1400m above the sea level. Here peaks are not higher than 5700m above the sea and I climb them in a day or two. I've got Mountain Sickness before. I remember many times when I wanted to stay at 4000m for a night, I'd got an easy headache, and sometimes it'd got to AMS. Now a day I feel good with no headache or such, I thought it's OK. but recently I saw a film: Everest: The Death Zone
Now I'm completely convinced that Hypoxia can hurt my brain before the AMS begin, and my question is what is the approximate height that hypoxia may begin? What is the sign? (for example easy headaches?)
Any guide-lines? clues or comments?