Hunting Report subscriber John Searles had a brush with death when he suffered pulmonary edema while hunting mountain nyala in Ethiopia at 10,500 feet. For more details click this link to the bulletin:

http://www.huntingreport.com/w...te.cfm?articleid=440

Fortunately he was evacuated by Global Rescue and is well on the way to recovery.

I was told one is to take 2 tums for fhigh altitude to some how help with oxygen in blood... Went ot Denver with a friend who had a bad heart and at 5000 ft he had altidude sickness and I had to drive him to hospital for an overnight stay...
The next day after the SCI dinner driving to OK. I could here his breathing get better in lower altitude...

For my upcoming hunt into Tanzania I have Global rescue also...

Mike

Climbers on Kilimanjaro have to watch for the same thing.

I hear that altitude sickness can hit any time you're over 6,000 feet. It's very important to know the symptoms and to take action. When it gets as bad as it did for Mr. Searles the only thing to do is to come down. If you stay up there, you will die.

Good idea on the Global Rescue, Mike. They do a fantastic job. And not that you'd need it in Tanzania, but now they offer security extractions as well as medical.

It is serious business. I saw a woman come down with it while we were sheep hunting in China. It hit her suddenly and severely. Our base camp was at 12,500.

Diamox does wonders to help one acclimate to the altitude.

Back in 1989 when we were hunting Mt.Nyala in the high heather and our base camp was at 12,500 feet, we lost a client. He was 58 years old and had never had any problems before. He didn't last through the night even though we got him back down to around 7,500 feet or so.
Rich Elliott

I did not realize at what elevations they are hunted. That is High! Doesn't sound like a place for older hunters.

That's the scary thing about it, Rich. It can hit any time, even if you've been at higher altitudes before with no problems. That's why it's so important to know the symptoms and react quickly.