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Originally Posted by MarkFromSea  True, and I never liked the taste... giardia is one of the bad ones, but just read up on it a bit, be selective on where you get your back country water, it's avoidable. I once saw someone air lifted out of CO back country... giardia, diarrhea, dehydration, and that brought about... I think they called it altitude sickness.. That was my understanding at the time... Altitude sickness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Yeah, dehydration can be a big factor in getting AMS, though AMS isn't too bad; HAPE and HACE are the bigger worries at altitude. I have had HAPE while backpacking and it's really nasty. You walk 10 feet and you're completely out of breath.