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altitude, seems to kick my ass.
ears are all goofy and i get headaches. what can i do?
i hate flying and it does the same thing to me as being at the new house. will this shit get better with time?

Yawning every now an then seems to get rid of the ear popping feeling.

one2many wrote:altitude, seems to kick my ass.
ears are all goofy and i get headaches. what can i do?
i hate flying and it does the same thing to me as being at the new house. will this shit get better with time?

yeah, it should if you're in the high altitude long enough. i used to get the same thing but i haven't had it in a few years, what elevations are you at?

i said mountain MEN <---- for REX not MF
i do the yawn, chew gum shit but it dont help much. the headache is the thing that bugs me the most,i guees.
the new place is at 7k up to a little over 9k. i know its hard for my fat ass to catch my breathe at times.
do you think with time it will get better?

(MT)Montanafowler wrote:

one2many wrote:altitude, seems to kick my ass.
ears are all goofy and i get headaches. what can i do?
i hate flying and it does the same thing to me as being at the new house. will this shit get better with time?

yeah, it should if you're in the high altitude long enough. i used to get the same thing but i haven't had it in a few years, what elevations are you at?

ok great news Thank you MF
7ish up to a little over 9 and the BLM land i have rights to go up higher yet

one2many wrote:ok great news Thank you MF

no problem. yeah 9,000 is pretty high, if you're jumping back and forth from really low to really high you'll probably always have a little bit, but a few thousand shouldn't be a big deal. i live at 4500 but my jobsites in Big Sky were at 7500-9000, i got used to it fairly quickly.

(MT)Montanafowler wrote:

one2many wrote:ok great news Thank you MF

no problem. yeah 9,000 is pretty high, if you're jumping back and forth from really low to really high you'll probably always have a little bit, but a few thousand shouldn't be a big deal. i live at 4500 but my jobsites in Big Sky were at 7500-9000, i got used to it fairly quickly.

good! the next couple three months i will be back and forth from Iowa but when spring really gets here i should be out west more with few visits to iowa

Anything over 8k and I started to feel it when I was in shape and living in Helena. Now I'm out of breath walking out to get the mail. I need to get my ass in shape!

Bulldog0156 wrote:Anything over 8k and I started to feel it when I was in shape and living in Helena. Now I'm out of breath walking out to get the mail. I need to get my ass in shape!

my fat ass dont care for the thin air. i best try doing more cardio

Suck it up buttercup.

You'll get used to it eventually but there are pills or something you can take for altitude sickness if its really kicking your ass.

3legged_lab wrote:Suck it up buttercup.

You'll get used to it eventually but there are pills or something you can take for altitude sickness if its really kicking your ass.

thank you Tripod sure glad i dont smoke cigarettes anymore

Just look at the bright side, once you're used to then head back to Iowa you'll feel like running a marathon.

(MT)Montanafowler wrote:

one2many wrote:ok great news Thank you MF

no problem. yeah 9,000 is pretty high, if you're jumping back and forth from really low to really high you'll probably always have a little bit, but a few thousand shouldn't be a big deal. i live at 4500 but my jobsites in Big Sky were at 7500-9000, i got used to it fairly quickly.

So Montana isn't flat?

Drink a lot of water. Twice as much as you want to drink. I used to go to CO skiing every year for a couple weeks, and the first week or so would kick my ass- headaches, nosebleeds, the works. I found that the dry air was just as much a problem with the headaches as the altitude. When I started drinking a ton of water, I felt much better. Still got nosebleeds, but they dropped quicker, and the headaches were but in half. Made it much more enjoyable, and that was going from 12 feet above sea level to about 9,000 and above. Try it- it's free.

Lots and lots of water if you can stand it. There are pills and they works decent, but will give you some crazy dreams. Sounds like you do t have the option to take a few days to get used to it but that is about the best thing you could do if it were an option

AT beat me to it, our family has a cabin at almost 10k and water is the trick

rebelp74 wrote:

(MT)Montanafowler wrote:

one2many wrote:ok great news Thank you MF

no problem. yeah 9,000 is pretty high, if you're jumping back and forth from really low to really high you'll probably always have a little bit, but a few thousand shouldn't be a big deal. i live at 4500 but my jobsites in Big Sky were at 7500-9000, i got used to it fairly quickly.

So Montana isn't flat?

It is where I'm at!

assateague wrote:Drink a lot of water. Twice as much as you want to drink. I used to go to CO skiing every year for a couple weeks, and the first week or so would kick my ass- headaches, nosebleeds, the works. I found that the dry air was just as much a problem with the headaches as the altitude. When I started drinking a ton of water, I felt much better. Still got nosebleeds, but they dropped quicker, and the headaches were but in half. Made it much more enjoyable, and that was going from 12 feet above sea level to about 9,000 and above. Try it- it's free.

Gotta love waking up int morning and that first time you blow your nose, nothing but blood

rebelp74 wrote:So Montana isn't flat?

no, but i hear Wyoming is. i'm sure RMFC would be able to give you a straight answer

for the nosebleeds i keep some vaseline around and use my pinkie, seems to work.

Side note: shit cooks different up there too. Most stuff will say above XXXXX feet cook this way.....

(MT)Montanafowler wrote:

rebelp74 wrote:So Montana isn't flat?

no, but i hear Wyoming is. i'm sure RMFC would be able to give you a straight answer

for the nosebleeds i keep some vaseline around and use my pinkie, seems to work.

What is "Vaseline"?

Tiler_J wrote:

(MT)Montanafowler wrote:

rebelp74 wrote:So Montana isn't flat?

no, but i hear Wyoming is. i'm sure RMFC would be able to give you a straight answer

for the nosebleeds i keep some vaseline around and use my pinkie, seems to work.

What is "Vaseline"?

Hahaha. I actually had to scroll back up to see who wrote what.

Tiler_J wrote:What is "Vaseline"?

seriously? it's petroleum jelly. i thought it was pretty common.

(MT)Montanafowler wrote:

Tiler_J wrote:What is "Vaseline"?

seriously? it's petroleum jelly. i thought it was pretty common.

You're one gullible mother fucker mt

3legged_lab wrote:You're one gullible mother fucker mt

sarcasm doesn't transfer through the interwebz!


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(MT)Montanafowler wrote:

rebelp74 wrote:So Montana isn't flat?

no, but i hear Wyoming is. i'm sure RMFC would be able to give you a straight answer

for the nosebleeds i keep some vaseline around and use my pinkie, seems to work.

Too easy

assateague wrote:Drink a lot of water. Twice as much as you want to drink. I used to go to CO skiing every year for a couple weeks, and the first week or so would kick my ass- headaches, nosebleeds, the works. I found that the dry air was just as much a problem with the headaches as the altitude. When I started drinking a ton of water, I felt much better. Still got nosebleeds, but they dropped quicker, and the headaches were but in half. Made it much more enjoyable, and that was going from 12 feet above sea level to about 9,000 and above. Try it- it's free.

thank you Jim.
i suck ass at skiing. too much weight going down the damn mountain. i would pull a Sonny Bono or Michael Schumacher

(MT)Montanafowler wrote:

3legged_lab wrote:You're one gullible mother fucker mt

sarcasm doesn't transfer through the interwebz!


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Haha

rebelp74 wrote:

(MT)Montanafowler wrote:

rebelp74 wrote:So Montana isn't flat?

no, but i hear Wyoming is. i'm sure RMFC would be able to give you a straight answer

for the nosebleeds i keep some vaseline around and use my pinkie, seems to work.

Too easy

thread is both funny and informative

rebelp74 wrote:

(MT)Montanafowler wrote:

one2many wrote:ok great news Thank you MF

no problem. yeah 9,000 is pretty high, if you're jumping back and forth from really low to really high you'll probably always have a little bit, but a few thousand shouldn't be a big deal. i live at 4500 but my jobsites in Big Sky were at 7500-9000, i got used to it fairly quickly.

So Montana isn't flat?

Western MT, hell no. Eastern MT, your dog could run away and you'd still see it hauling ass 2 days later.