 Poster: A snowHead
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Jac Sprat, nothing below the glacier open at this time of year, lowest point is about 2,800 or thereabouts but mostly 3,000+
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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If so I guess I'll do the Anadin treatment every four hours on the way there to thin the blood - no reason not to so may as well.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Not something that has been a problem for your IOS guys in the past?
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Jac Sprat, don't forget that you'll be sleeping at 1,800m for a night before your first day skiing. I've never been aware of any suffering altitude sickness enough to stop them skiing at Tignes. Not sure if it's a big issue or not.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| Jac Sprat, don't forget that you'll be sleeping at 1,800m for a night before your first day skiing. |
Indeed. I felt much better when I did the course with you than I did on the PSB last season, and I put that down to the PSB accommodation being much higher up.
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Thanks - if there is nothing to be done then I shall just ignore it. It sounds like it hasn't been a problem for others.
I skied in val thorens last snow heads bash in April with no ill effects. 
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That's as polite a MTFU as you'll get on here 
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Jac Sprat,
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I skied in val thorens last snow heads bash in April with no ill effects
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Including on the glacier? You'll be absolutely fine, if so.
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I can't remember if it was on the glacier - I did most of it as i remember ...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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There is no correlation between altitude sickness and lack of fitness - extremely fit people can suffer from it, it really is very random.
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I did read somewhere that having a strong gag reflex is correlated with being vulnerable to altitude sickness. Just some possibly spurious trivia 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Ha! Funny! I don't think I have...
Just gonna have to watch or severely reduce caffeine and alcohol intake too .
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Jac Sprat,
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If so I guess I'll do the Anadin treatment every four hours on the way there to thin the blood - no reason not to so may as well.
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Why?
'Aspirin' aka salicylic acid irreversibly binds with platelets in your blood making them less sticky. Good for reducing the risk of DVT on long-haul flights if taken a few hours prior, but every 4hrs??
As for taking Diamox prophylactically...choose a seat close to the toilet on the plane - it is a pretty good diuretic as well!
Altitude sickness, as mentioned previously, can affect the old and young, the fit and the feeble.
The most important thing is to recognise the signs/symptoms, as it is a potentially life-threatening condition caused by the drop in partial pressures with altitude and subsequent respiratory alkalosis. I could bore you with more physiology-type stuff but the bottom line is that:
This is the body's natural response to less available oxygen - there are no useful pharmaceutical shortcuts to improve this that I know of
Just don't worry about altitude sickness, it could happen to any of us in a mountain environment.
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Just gonna have to watch or severely reduce caffeine and alcohol intake too .
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Wrong. Just simply so absolutely and exquisitely wrong in any post relating to snow-associated holidays.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Hold on now folks, what's all this talk of hard work? You have got me worried now.
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Poster: A snowHead
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HossDoc,
Haha thanks I am just going on the reading I have googled. I hate taking pills so would certainly prefer not to. I read in a few places that thinning the blood is a good idea for altitude.
It is a good idea for me to limit my alcohol somewhat for other reasons but I don't particularly want to reduce caffeine with the early mornings and the need to be alert.
I wonder why I suffered so badly when I was 19. The mountaineering was exceptionally hard work but the a s made me tired after just one step and i fell asleep the minute i sat down. Mind you i went much higher - way above the glacier - right to the top of mountains like the Matterhorn. I was the only one on my group that had it at all. I had no idea it was dangerous and certainly didn't consider going lower or dropping out. I must say it spectacularly ruined the trip and never improved over one month.
However I am greatly cheered by the memory of val thorens recently where the idea of a s didn't cross my mind. I'm quite sure it'll be fine. Thanks for your thoughts.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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ansta1, you mean you've never experienced Scott yelling 'turn, turn, turn,TURN, TURN!' at you as you're hurtling down a slope of sheet ice? It's not a walk in the park, you know.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Pedantica, There's not going to be any sheet ice next week.
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What time are the early morning runs this year???
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Pedantica, nope not ever had the please of that.
kitenski, I think i have forgotten to pack my running shoes, never mind i can keep the coffee warm for you all.
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and snow-forecast is predicting over a foot over the next 4 days. whooppeeee
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Yup my first time with IO
I am literally so excited today I cannot keep still!
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Jac Sprat, not my first time skiing with Inside Out but I'm pretty excited, especially having seen the latest snow forecast
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rob@rar,
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| Jac Sprat, not my first time skiing with Inside Out but I'm pretty excited, especially having seen the latest snow forecast |
as long as the predicted winds next weekend dont come true. 60kmh up top according to sf...
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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ansta1, fingers crossed. If anything spoils the fun it's usually high winds.
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You know it makes sense.
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If anything spoils the fun it's usually high winds.
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all lifts were closed for one of our three days last October. A group of us went for a healthy walk and a few beers.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| franzClammer wrote: |
No. But I understand it gets quite slushy by the afternoon on sunny days apart from north facing slopes  |
Not at this time of year.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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perfect for drills to hone the wet heavy slushy snow skills then
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franzClammer, It's not worth queueing for ages and shoving and pushing to try to get onto the first funicular.
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FC, have a good trip, hopefully catch you for a shandy in geneva as we crossover on Thursday.
you sorted the camera yet?
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ansta1,
Yeh mate. Cam seems to be ok now.
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franzClammer, you have no chance alongside a couple of skinny 8 year old Italians.
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the wind forecast seems to have dropped somewhat - less chance of lift closures. 
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One or two people did get slight altitude sickness, the worst affected was definitely the fittest of us all.
racers with a sense of entitlement, so I'll just stick with the herd 
