On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:14:59 -0000, Smudger <
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> "Smudger" <
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>> "Jens Mander" <
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>> > Have somebody some Epo for me please!!! I need it for my body! I'm very bad at cycling!!!
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>> Get on a plane, go to Bogata Columbia, ride your bike every day for a
> month.
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> Or is it La Paz? I can't remember. Somebody get me an atlas please!!!. I'm very bad at Geography.
>
La Paz, Bolivia, is the highest capital city above sea level.
People get altitude sickness on the train to La Paz[1].
<Urban Myth> Aparently the altitude is such that wood will barely support combustion. The one fire
engine for the city is 80 years old and has never been used. </Urban Myth>
Regards,
Tim.
[1] Despite what you might think, fit people tend to be more suceptable to altitude sickness than
unfit people although who will be affected and who won't is (almost) impossible to predict.
Unfit people are less likely to suffer the accelerated breathing and heart rate and instead just
become (even more) lethargic while fit peoples body will attempt to compensate for the thin air
by accelerating breathing and heartrate rather than slowing down.
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