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Please share a tip in the form of a haiku on dealing with altitude sickness.
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Ignore: If any symptoms of headache, nausea or visual problem due to high altitude, please try descend down.
Answered 4/27/2014
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Ignore: Ascend slowly, sleep at a lower elevation than highest altitude, stay hydrated. Consider prophylaxis.
Answered 5/17/2016
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Ignore: Gradual ascent is the surest and safest method of preventing or ameliorating high altitude sickness.
Answered 12/18/2015
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