"Doctor, why do I feel funny in the mountains?" (includes acclimation tips) (Cover Story)

From: Vibrant Life | Date: July 1, 1991| Author: | Copyright information

The woman ahead of me was breathing hard and slowing down. We were attending a Bible conference in the Rockies, and the two of us were hiking back to our cabin after lunch. Step by step we struggled up the wellworn path--a clim that did not look steep at all just a few minutes ago when we left the dining hall. "Wish they'd take out some of those pop machines on the campground," she gasped, "and put in oxygen tanks."

A day or so later I was chatting with another camper. "I am enjoying the sessions," she said, "but this is not a good week for me. I don't know if I'm ...

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