Cheers John, Derek, Gary.
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Originally Posted by gary
Colin,
Ironically, fit, young males are more likely to suffer from
Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) than any any other demographic.
You therefore know what to do next time. 
P.S.
Driving up there that quickly can bring it on. Unless you get back down to under 3050m (10,000')
the headache can linger for one to four days and you can feel like you are coming down with the flu. |
Yes, I went up too quick. I did stay at 2000m for a couple of nights first, but should have stayed higher in retrospect. Limited accomodation in the area. From past experience I knew I had to drink heaps of water to minimize the symptoms. The headache throbbed like crazy till 2am, then disappeared. At that point I think my body adjusted and started absorbing the water. 2 nights later all was fine (I went back to 2000m for the night in between).