Bad news was that top of cloud cover kept rising as I flew across Georgia and eventually reached 18,000 ft by the time I reached the southern edge of cloud cover near Florida border.  Did I mention that I have no Oxygen on board?

By the time I spiraled down through closely spaced thunderstorms in Florida I had spent about 2 hours between 16 and 18 thousand feet.  It was a fairly high stress period.

Very glad to you got through it safely.  That’s the trouble with deciding to go over the top; you don’t know how high you’re going to have to go.  That amount of time at those altitudes and under stress can result is serious hypoxia.  And some 3G maneuvers?  O-o-o-o; no wonder you had symptoms of a heart attack. Please don’t do that again; you’ll give me a heart attack (I’m sure Laura has said that a few times).

Al