Sentences with phrase «effects of altitude»

This will help minimize the unpleasant or even dangerous effects of altitude, which commonly include headache, fatigue, and nausea.

If your Peru trip starts in either Lima or Cuzco and you would rather limit the ill effects of altitude sickness, instead of spending time in Cuzco first and then visiting Machu Picchu, head straight to Machu Picchu, spend a night here, another night in the Sacred Valley and then end in Cuzco for a few nights.

Only due to the high passes you travel over on the bus trip in you may feel effects of altitude until arriving to the valley of Chivay.

It was an unfair estimate: it did not take into consideration the difficulties of pacing on little indoor tracks and Santee's lack of familiarity with them; it disregarded the effects of altitude at Mexico City and Santee's resolve to treat the winter season primarily as a time of preparation.

Since 2002, the balls used at Coors have been stored in an MLB - approved humidor to counteract the effects of altitude, which has curtailed the number of dingers there.

If borne out by future studies, these mechanisms suggest some possible treatments to mitigate the effects of altitude on depression and suicide risk: supplemental 5 - hydroxytryptophan (a serotonin precursor) to increase serotonin levels, or creatinine to influence brain bioenergetics.

When Lauren Earthman signed up for a research project studying the effects of altitude on the human body, she thought she knew what to expect.

Also watch for the effects of altitude.

Most recently, Ingham has been in the press for his expertise on the effects of altitude on performance.

Seemingly impervious to the effects of altitude, this EcoBoost engine, which is available only in conjunction with all - wheel drive, makes a turbocharged Flex a Rocky Mountain rocketship.

They stopped writing about the insurance company's grandfathered building permit, the backroom deals that trumped the city's height limit, and instead wrote about the effects of altitude on business acumen, about the hawks and falcons that roosted above the high cornices and gargoyles.

To lessen the effects of the altitude, there are several things you can do.

Plus, you are at a lower elevation now (at about 9,000 feet) so the effects of the altitude are less here.

Coca leaves are grown in Peru the tea helps to lessen the effects of altitude sickness.

Its consumption is encouraged for new arrivals to aid in warding off the effects of altitude sickness, which include headaches and a queasy stomach).

Chewing coca leaves (with or without the activator) is a very effective method of combatting the effects of altitude, because they act as a mild stimulant to overcome fatigue, hunger and thirst.

We'd battled through the effects of altitude sickness on the Laguna 69 one - day hike in Huaraz, and since then, despite remaining at altitude since leaving Huaraz (our lowest (literally, not figuratively) point between Huaraz and Cusco was Ayacucho, which sits at 2750 metres above sea level), we'd not suffered any ill - effects from the altitude.

I spent a couple of days in Huaraz beforehand (3091 metres; Cusco is 3326 metres) and completed a half day trek up to 3800 metres, but I still suffered quite severely with the effects of altitude when I completed the Laguna 69 trek up to 4600 metres.

Leaves from the Coca Plant contain alkaloids which helps bring oxygen into your blood, helping your body avoid the effects of altitude sickness.

Myth: You can avoid the effects of altitude by going straight to the Sacred Valley (Urubamba) because it is lower altitude.

In certain mountain cities, the effects of altitude may be underestimated in air quality standards, the report finds - pointing to the rising prevalence of asthma in mountain cities of Latin America.

Leduc began preparing by taking on smaller mountains, enrolling in climbing courses, and becoming accustomed to the effects of altitude — «I just went higher and higher.»