How do you not die up in the mountains?

my mate is visiting for a few days so we were gonna go camping up the mountains - they're not too high - maybe just over 1000ft but even so the mountain rescue team are often called out,around here.
Is there anything to be aware of or anything you might advise?
I've experienced alot of different weather camping on small islands at sea - I was wondering though if the height you are at makes much difference?

 

not really, just know what you're doing before you get neck deep in it.

 

1000ft isn't a mountain, it's a hill.............

I live at about 2700ft, and i've been hiking/bouldering all my life, thier is absolutely nothing in the continental US that I would consider risky as far as altitude goes, if you can camp comfortably in your back yard, then i'm sure you can camp on that hill, just takes a bit of preparation and common sense. now..........if you lived in nepal or tibet..............then your worries would be founded.

 

You'll be fine as long as you have the right equipment with you and you don't have any serious health problems.

 

you can die anywhere if you do not know what you are doing.....we have had mushroom pickers die around here and they were not to high up or that far out...they got lost... then wet ...hypothermia set in and they died.....

well have fun...

 

lol

 

that was great

 

Are you kidding me? Nowhere in the continental US? What about all those mountains out west, many over 14,000 feet? Pretty easy to die up there. Mt Washington in New Hampshire? You could die of hypothermia in the middle of July, with the horrible weather it gets. It doesn't have to be Everest to be dangerous, you know...

That said, 1000 ft isn't a mountain, it isn't very high at all. Might as well be sea level, for all intents and purposes. Just don't be stupid and you'll be fine.

 

if its a 1000ft elavation rise in a few hundred yards from sealevel,, it at the very least a steep hill..

i dunno i know where we live gos from 800 feet above sea level to 4000 feet above sea level..

an ya could die real easy in these hills..

icould tell ya how to survive, but i break every rule id type..

 

Let me point out something, I said "thier is absolutely nothing in the continental US that I would consider risky as far as altitude goes" I never said you couldn't die, and the original poster was worried about altitude........you can die from hypothermia at sea level just as easy as you can on a mountain, and 14,000 feet is not that high, air does not begin getting thin until you've reached 20,000, therefore, their is nothing in the continental US that is dangerous as far as altitude is concerned. However, I do agree with you on one point, Mt. Washington (in NH) is probably THE most dangerous mountain in the continental US, more dangerous than the rockies by far, just because of the weather factor. The highest winds ever recorded on the planet were recorded there and it is NORMAL to see a day with 100+ mph winds, temprature can plummet in seconds............

 

1000 ft is not bad at all. just remember to bring lots of water and good hiking boots and you'll be fine!

 

Just remaber watch out for high altitude pulmonary edema.

 

Find out what possibly dangerous animals and plants might reside in the type of environment you are going to visit. Don't fall off cliffs, Don't get lost, Don't get attacked and/or eaten by wild animals, Don't eat or touch posinous vegation, Don't get frozen or get too hot. Make sure you will have plenty of food and water. Symptoms of altitude illness can begin to occur at 8000ft (2400m) or lower still, but serious altitude illness is rare below 10,000 ft ( 3000 m), so nothing to worry about.

 

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That was good.

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