To: Enchante
I used to do climbs in the USA (Tetons etc.) but never sought to go to greater heights. I love the mountains but getting into thinner and thinner air just had no appeal to me, with or without oxygen supplements.
5 posted on
05/08/2018 9:29:44 PM PDT by
Enchante
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To: Enchante
I have climbed to 23,000 ft on Cerro Aconcagua without oxygen and the trip to Cho Oyu (around 26,000 ft)in the Himalayas we did not have oxygen. Half of our team of 10 made the summit.
9 posted on
05/08/2018 9:42:02 PM PDT by
MtnClimber
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To: Enchante
I love the mountains but getting into thinner and thinner air just had no appeal to me, with or without oxygen supplements. There is that temperature thing, as well.
Wife and I chose to retire to warm climes. Even the fog of SoCal was eating at us after a while.
10 posted on
05/08/2018 9:53:56 PM PDT by
doorgunner69
(Give me the liberty to take care of my own security..........)
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