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- From: smezias@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Stephen J. Mezias)
- Newsgroups: rec.travel
- Subject: Re: adventure in latin- and southamerika
- Message-ID: <35888@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 21:25:50 GMT
- References: <1993Jan11.211333.25108@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com> <1993Jan16.163547.27954@head-cfa.harvard.edu> <1993Jan25.172146.19126@super.org>
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- In article <1993Jan25.172146.19126@super.org> jill@super.org (Amelia
- J. Scott-Piner) writes about chewing coca leaves:
-
- >The local indians chew wads of it. We didn't go that far. Refused it on the
- >first stop, were dying for air by the second so we drank a cup for relief. It
- >worked for about an hour, then the headaches came back in full force.
-
- Chewing coca (along with bitter stuff that makes it work that the
- locals referred to as `lime') made all the difference in the world. I
- was having heavy duty altitude exhaustion trying to climb at Pisac
- (near Cuzco). After chomping on a wad of leaves I felt like Superman.
- Then I scrambled up, down, and everywhere for about two hours without
- noticing the altitude. The tea helps a little, but chewing those
- leaves is the best thing for soroche (altitude sickness or
- exhaustion).
-
- SJM
-