We know that the higher we are, the less oxygen is available. This is why as we are climbing high mountains, we start breathing deeper, we become short of breath, tired, and nauseous.
Extreme climbs have to be done gradually.
Those that climb Mount Everest, have to spend several days in the base camp so that their bodies adjust to low oxygen levels.
The body will start producing more red blood cells so that it is easier to trap the available oxygen. The longer time we spend at high altitude, not just that more red blood cells we produce, we also produce more blood vessels making oxygen easier to transport.
This is why people living in those areas have absolutely no problem with a shortage of breath.
The realization that the body will produce more blood vessels to accommodate itself to the low levels of oxygen made some “experts” suggest breathing smoke to stimulate cancer patients to produce more blood vessels and by better oxygenating the cancer, cause its destruction.
This is a crazy idea only indoctrinated morons can come up with because the relative pressure of oxygen remains the same so overly pressurized cancer cells with CO2 will have absolutely no benefit from the more vascularized cancer tissue.
Since our body’s energy is actually an electric voltage, the one thing that will increase the overall energy level in the body is the improved electroconductivity of the blood and the tissue. The more toxic we are, the more problems and stronger altitude sickness symptoms we will experience.
This we can improve by not drinking water during the climb, but using plasma instead.
As we climb, we sweat. The sweat is not made of water but of plasma. We are losing minerals and by drinking pure water, we are diluting the electrolytes of the blood. This causes a drop in electroconductivity which we experience as tiredness. It becomes difficult to move and if we lose too many electrolytes, we start experiencing cramps.
I have received a comment from a friend who was mountain climbing with a group of people and one individual had a really hard time coping with the altitude sickness. He was barely coping with the group, huffing and puffing, slowing down everybody.
My friend always keeps sea salt nearby, so she gave some salt to this individual to hold in his mouth and dissolve. After several minutes, his breathing stopped laboring. He started walking faster. The nausea was gone, leaving everybody surprised about what a difference a bit of salt made.
My wife and I went to visit Cusco and there is a train people take to go to Machu Picchu because of the high altitude, it is a difficult walk. My wife and I were walking instead of taking the train and passing most people on the way. We barely felt the low oxygen levels and breathing a bit deeper was enough. We had no nausea or any symptoms from the time we got to Cusco till the end of our trip.
We took trips to Chinchero, the highest village, at an altitude of 4,400 m (14,400 ft), and went out walking a bit. Yes, we had to breathe a bit deeper and faster while walking, but we had no problems at all while other people had to chew on coca leaves and drink coca tea, and had to creep behind us.
So, how should we deal with high altitude sickness?
If you are a glucoholic, have a date or a piece of bread with you and occasionally take a bite. Your cells will have an instant boost of energy but do not eat a lot at the time because you do not want to make your digestion too active. It will deprive you of energy. Energy bars will serve you well.
If you are on the correct diet, this can help as well because you have more mitochondria active so even if your sugar absorption is limited, you will produce more energy from a lower availability of glucose.
I do not recommend you to use an energy bar if you are in the ketogenic state, just add some salt to the water and have some in your pocket in case your breathing becomes heavy. By not consuming any food, you do not waste any energy on digestion and more is available to your muscles and brain making the climb easier.
I hope this article gave you a better understanding of your body and what is best to do in an oxygen-deprived area.
Now go, and have fun hiking.
Love and light to us all