Thanks.



"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
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| You can ascend about 1000'/day It works out to a little
less when you go
| really high (above 20,000'). The only risk coming down is
to avoid getting
| dehydrated as you are prone to clots (this is a risk when
at altitude too).
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| Mike
| MU-2
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| "Jim Macklin" wrote
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| How many months do you live at altitude, before climbing
the
| next 5,000 feet? In other words, as I understand, a
healthy
| person can climb, 5 to 10 thousand feet above their
living
| altitude before hypoxia become serious. If you live at
| 10,000 feet for 6 months to a year, your body adjust and
| adapts to that pressure and oxygen levels, you then can
| climb or fly higher. If you return to sea level you may
be
| "super charged" or even get sick for a short while until
you
| readapt.
|
| In the 1940 and 50s, I understand it took many moths for
| Everest climbers to portage several higher and higher
base
| camps, before the actual assault on the top.
|
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| "Mike Rapoport" wrote in
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| | "Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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| | I managed five landings without rolling past the
| numbers with calm air
| | the
| | other day. Making really short AND smooth landings
AND
| hitting the exact
| | aimpoint has proved elusive. I can usually
accomplish
| any two but not
| | all
| | three. It gives me additional respect for the
pilots
| demoing Helios at
| | OSH.
| |
| | I can't imagine what flying something like that must
be
| like. Very
| | challenging, it sounds like!
| |
| |
| | It is always difficult to get every bit of performance
out
| of an aircraft.
| | Usually we make it easier by using approach speeds
that
| are high and settle
| | onto the runway. To put it down on the first foot of
| pavement at the
| | absolute minimium speed is a challenge in anything.
| |
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| |
| | I was
| | climbing in the Andes early in the year and then
made
| an attempt on the
| | North side of Everest in the spring. I reached
25,000'
| without O2 and
| | then
| | bailed for a variety of reasons.
| |
| | Um, isn't life pretty much unsustainable at that
| altitude without
| | oxygen?
| |
| | Depends on what you consider unsustainable. The
highest
| permanant
| | settlement is about 18,000'. Personally I felt that I
was
| constantly
| | deteriorating above 21,000'.
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