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Haunting words 14-year-old son said as he hallucinated, walked off 120-foot cliff in front of terrified father (nypost.com)

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Altitude sickness is no joke, folks. If you're coming from near sea level, please take any signs seriously.

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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Hiked up Whitney a long time ago with my then-girlfriend. She got altitude sickness about 2/3 way up, even though we had been careful staying overnight at the halfway point to acclimatize. She couldn't wake up and get out of the tent. Wouldn't eat or drink. I was worried about embolisms. We had to turn and head back down. It was pretty scary.

Read Krakauer's Into Thin Air. You don't want to mess around with altitude.