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RE: [RC] Taking horses to higher elevations - Dean A. Conti

Kristi,

An elevation of 8000'-10000' shouldn't present much of a problem for a fit
horse (and human). Will you be at that elevation all day, every day, or will
you come back down for each night? We live at 500' near Seattle and ride at
7000'+ and have never noticed any problems. In my mountain climbing at
12000'-13000' I have never experienced any altitude sickness, which
typically sets in at even higher elevations. Slowing down is definitely in
order, however, to give the system more time to process more volume of less
dense air.

See this link for more ideas:

www.horse-sense.org/archives/20041219113232.phtml

Dean


-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kristi Schaaf
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 11:38 AM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] Taking horses to higher elevations

Because I LOVE to plan trips (I should have been a
travel agent), I'm already in the process of planning
a major horse trip to the mountains for next fall.
Does anyone have any info to share on the problems
with taking flat-lander horses to the mountains? We're
talking going from my house at under 1,000 feet above
sea level to 8-10,000 feet. It seems that I read a
post on ridecamp awhile back that mentioned that you
either need to take them up and do your ride and get
back down, or you need to acclimate them slowly before
riding in upper elevations. We plan to be 'in the
mountains' for approx 7 or 8 days. Anyone have any
info on how/when to ride while up there in no-oxygen
land? We'll condition the best we can with the hills
we have, so the actual climbing isn't as much of a
concern as elevation sickness. 
Kristi iluvdez at yahoo dot com   




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