X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:58:01 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail7.tpgi.com.au ([203.12.160.103] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.16) with ESMTPS id 3824722 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:02:20 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=203.12.160.103; envelope-from=domcrain@tpg.com.au X-TPG-Junk-Status: Message not scanned X-TPG-Antivirus: Passed X-TPG-Abuse: host=60-241-193-89.static.tpgi.com.au; ip=60.241.193.89; date=Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:01:36 +1000 Received: from DomandJanPC (60-241-193-89.static.tpgi.com.au [60.241.193.89]) by mail7.tpgi.com.au (envelope-from domcrain@tpg.com.au) (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n7Q31YLH020782 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:01:36 +1000 From: "Dominic V. Crain" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [LML] Re: What may have caused Kaboom at 16.5 - HYPOXIA X-Original-Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:01:27 +1000 X-Original-Message-ID: <003301ca25f9$81f25ff0$85d71fd0$@com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0034_01CA264D.539E6FF0" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Content-Language: en-au Thread-Index: Acol8DhGcEgZpLxARIqktUdSOSwkvwABQM0Q This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01CA264D.539E6FF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =E2=80=9CWhat may have caused Kaboom at 16.5 =E2=80=93 HYPOXIA=E2=80=9D =20 In 1994 I was driving up Pike=E2=80=99s Peak and as I passed the = 12,000=E2=80=99 marker I became almost instantly hypoxic and felt very = whoozy and decidedly uncomfortable about going any further. There was no = way I was going to attempt to turn around at that point with a drop of = some hundreds of feet. At the top I was feeling like crap, yet still = surprised by it because back in 1964 when I did the decompression = chamber in the air force I wasn=E2=80=99t affected at that altitude. = Refreshment in the kiosk didn=E2=80=99t seem to do much. On the way down which I drove extremely sedately, as I passed the same = marker I almost instantly recovered and felt back to normal. Maybe you have different oxygen over there. Cheers Dom Crain VH-CZJ _____ =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0034_01CA264D.539E6FF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

=E2=80=9CWhat may have caused Kaboom at 16.5 = =E2=80=93 HYPOXIA=E2=80=9D

 

In 1994 I was driving up Pike=E2=80=99s Peak and as I passed the = 12,000=E2=80=99 marker I became almost instantly hypoxic and felt very whoozy and decidedly = uncomfortable about going any further. There was no way I was going to attempt to turn = around at that point with a drop of some hundreds of feet. At the top I was = feeling like crap, yet still surprised by it because back in 1964 when I did the decompression chamber in the air force I wasn=E2=80=99t affected at that = altitude. Refreshment in the kiosk didn=E2=80=99t seem to do much.

On the way down which I drove extremely sedately, as I passed the same = marker I almost instantly recovered and felt back to normal.

Maybe you have different oxygen over there.

Cheers

Dom Crain

VH-CZJ

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