Respiratory Problems / Elevation

[Guest guest]

Lately, I have read several posts about " The

Mountains " being a great place for people that are

affected by mold, and I was just wondering, isn't it

more difficult for a person who has respiratory

problems to breathe, when they are at a higher

elevation?

Where I live, it's 179 feet above sea level, and I

have problems breathing, so I can't imagine what I

would be like if I were to go to the mountains.

Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks.

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Yes, for me it is very difficult to be in a higher elevation. The first couple

days I visit the mountains in Colorado or if I fly in a plane, I end up with

altitude sickness. I have great difficulty breathing. It helps to drink plenty

of water.

Cyndi

Barbara <floridabound03200@...> wrote:

Lately, I have read several posts about " The

Mountains " being a great place for people that are

affected by mold, and I was just wondering, isn't it

more difficult for a person who has respiratory

problems to breathe, when they are at a higher

elevation?

Where I live, it's 179 feet above sea level, and I

have problems breathing, so I can't imagine what I

would be like if I were to go to the mountains.

Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks.

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Barbara < wrote:

>

> Lately, I have read several posts about " The

> Mountains " being a great place for people that are

> affected by mold, and I was just wondering, isn't it

> more difficult for a person who has respiratory

> problems to breathe, when they are at a higher

> elevation?

>

> Where I live, it's 179 feet above sea level, and I

> have problems breathing, so I can't imagine what I

> would be like if I were to go to the mountains.

>

> Any information would be appreciated.

>

> Thanks.

I was shocked to 'get clear' and find that respiratory problems

and " altitude sickness " gradually disappeared.

It was fun to drag a sick doctor out of a bad place and see her go

from barely able to walk a quarter mile on the level - to eventually

climbing Whitney with me. Stuff like that makes a real believer.

I wouldn't recommend going straight to a mountain and trying to

climb anything immediately, any recovery takes time, - just that

mountains have been places where I, and the moldies I've taken with

me, always feel the best thanks to low ambient toxigenic mold levels.

-

[Guest guest]

Cyndi,

After the first couple of days, do you still have

difficulty breathing, or does your body adjust?

Barb

--- Your Friend <yor1friend2@...> wrote:

> Yes, for me it is very difficult to be in a higher

> elevation. The first couple days I visit the

> mountains in Colorado or if I fly in a plane, I end

> up with altitude sickness. I have great difficulty

> breathing. It helps to drink plenty of water.

>

> Cyndi

>

> Barbara <floridabound03200@...> wrote:

> Lately, I have read several posts about " The

> Mountains " being a great place for people that are

> affected by mold, and I was just wondering, isn't it

> more difficult for a person who has respiratory

> problems to breathe, when they are at a higher

> elevation?

>

> Where I live, it's 179 feet above sea level, and I

> have problems breathing, so I can't imagine what I

> would be like if I were to go to the mountains.

>

> Any information would be appreciated.

>

> Thanks.

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

From: erikmoldwarrior

Sent: Wednesday, 2006.4.19 7:18 PM

Subject: [] Re: Respiratory Problems / Elevation

mountains have been places where I, and the moldies I've taken with

me, always feel the best thanks to low ambient toxigenic mold levels.

* Do you have to get above the tree line to escape the mold? I imagine the

forests covering smaller mountains would harbor plenty of mold, though perhaps

not the species that are troublesome to you. Thanks for any guidance you may be

able to provide about how high one would have to go for relief.

[Guest guest]

As a former mountain hiking gal, I can tell you that it is normal to take some

time to

adjust to altitude, and the lower amount of oxygen. There is such a thing called

'altitude

sickness " , though I have never gotten it (more careful than that, though I know

of people

who have had it), that comes from the body not spending enough time acclimating

to

altitude.

For me now (25 years older, plus mold illness) it takes me more than 2 days at

5000 ft to

be able to frolick around at 8000ft and feel good. Luckily for me, my folks live

at 5000ft,

so I have a place to hang out. I used to just pitch a tent and hang out in a

lovely place

before heading up to higher pastures. Like, a night in Bishop, then head up to

road's end,

overnight there, then up to 10 or 11 thousand feet for several days. As I

recall, the

wildflowers are astonishingly beautiful.

The very dry air in the Sierras makes it a very unlikely place for mold to be a

problem,

except when it is raining or maybe snowmelt time. I never had any problems

there, and I

have had asthma all my life.

I have a MUCH more difficult time here in the midwest with the summer storms- it

seems

like the only time of year I am relatively ok is when everything is frozen

solid.

>

> Lately, I have read several posts about " The

> Mountains " being a great place for people that are

> affected by mold, and I was just wondering, isn't it

> more difficult for a person who has respiratory

> problems to breathe, when they are at a higher

> elevation?

>

> Where I live, it's 179 feet above sea level, and I

> have problems breathing, so I can't imagine what I

> would be like if I were to go to the mountains.

>

> Any information would be appreciated.

>

> Thanks.

[Guest guest]

" kl_clayton " wrote:

> As a former mountain hiking gal, I can tell you that it is normal

to take some time to adjust to altitude, and the lower amount of

oxygen. There is such a thing called 'altitude sickness " , though I

have never gotten it (more careful than that, though I know of

people who have had it), that comes from the body not spending

enough time acclimating to altitude.

> For me now (25 years older, plus mold illness) it takes me more

than 2 days at 5000 ft to be able to frolick around at 8000ft and

feel good. Luckily for me, my folks live at 5000ft, so I have a

place to hang out. I used to just pitch a tent and hang out in a

lovely place before heading up to higher pastures. Like, a night in

Bishop, then head up to road's end, overnight there, then up to 10

or 11 thousand feet for several days. As I recall, the wildflowers

are astonishingly beautiful.

> The very dry air in the Sierras makes it a very unlikely place for

mold to be a problem, except when it is raining or maybe snowmelt

time. I never had any problems there, and I have had asthma all my

life.

>

Bishop? Up the road past the Buttermilks, to Lake and

Paiute Pass, or Bishop pass over to Humphreys Basin where the frogs

have been wiped out by chytrid fungus?

http://www.yosemite.org/newsroom/clips2003/august/081703.htm

I hiked the Evolution Wilderness and the frogs were almost gone.

Very sad.

I have some terrific pictures of the flowers up there.

Staggeringly beautiful on the Muir/Pacific Crest trail.

Feels great up there.

I suffered my whole life from " altitude sickness " until I discovered

that cross contaminated clothing made all the difference in the

world. One of my trips up Mt Whitney, I didn't take particular care

to control contamination and that was the only time I started to

suffer from the altitude. The other six times were no problem at all.

All these years, people told me my " altitude problems " were " Just

your own weakness " . Nah, it was mold.

Let these people who said it was normal for me to suffer from

altitude sickness accompany me on my next Whitney climb - and let's

see who gets to the top first!

-