RE: 11 National Parks in the Western United States
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Wow! Those are some spectacular places, to be sure! Our national parks have so much to offer; still trying to fill the National Parks Passport as part of the bucket list, but am sadly lacking in visiting the Eastern half of the country.
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That is a fun goal. I don't have many in the east either. :)
Im worried about altitude sickness tho, that has potential to ruin the days 😬
Oh I guess that could be. I don't worry about that and I travel a lot from Phoenix (1,086 feet) to the high mountains of Utah and Wyoming with no problem. Everyone is different so hopefully you will be ok.
Damn, I somehow replied to a wrong comment haha 😂.
But yeah. I come from sea level and 13-14k feet sounds a whole lot. Especially if I dont have a lot of time to acclimatize.
Hope im one of these who dont feel anything 😀
Spent part of one summer living in the tiny hamlet of Marble, Colorado (elevation +/- 8,000 feet) and felt no ill effects... aside from getting a little out of breath when hiking up an incline.
Good to hear. Did you also visit the very high altitudes?
You probably had time to let your body get used to the thinner air as well.
Not during that same summer, but made it up to the observation station near the top of Pike's Peak (about 14,000 feet) on a different visit to some friends in Colorado Springs. You can definitely tell the air is thin up there for about 30 minutes; it was super cold and had just snowed... in August.