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Re:What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike by bootload on Thursday February 23, 2017 @04:13AM (#13712613)
"One thing that makes the CT a bit harder is that it lies mostly at altitudes over 10,000 feet, where the air is thinner. Hiking 18 miles/day is quite an effort in any case, "

Altitude would stop a lot of people. How long to acclimatise living at sea level?

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Re:What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike by 24gttghh on Thursday February 23, 2017 @08:58AM (#13713855)
As long as you aren't in the 5% of people who get Acute Mountain Sickness, probably just chill for 1-3 days at 6K-8K ft, and then "Hike High-Sleep Low".
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Re:What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike by rconti on Thursday February 23, 2017 @12:27PM (#13715732)
I haven't spent much time at 10k but I routinely go to 8k and have never thought twice about it. Wake up, drive to 8k, do a trail race, go home.
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