CT at 14000 feet

[Maddmax]

Took her to sequoia national park from LA, can't imagine driving any other truck up the mountain. It was awesome.

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[EasternSP]

Wow, 14,000 feet. Can ya even breath at that elevation?

 

[Coagulation]

Im curious on battery usage up and well as battery usage down (or battery gain)

 

[KevD0g]

So they made a road up to Mt. Whitney, eh? Who knew....

No, if you drove your Cybertruck to Sequoia National Park you were around 8,000 ft elevation at the highest point...

 

[HLitt]

In the White Mountains, across the Owens Valley from the Sierras, you can drive up to 12,000' along the White Mountain Road. The road ends at the research station nearby.

 

[DanK]

Haven't taken my CT up there yet, but here is my Y on Mt Evans at 14,130'. No trees and no bushes up there.

 

[Eka]

Wow, 14,000 feet. Can ya even breath at that elevation?

Depends of the state of your cardiovascular system.

Pre covid I know I could. As a teen I summited Mount Kilimanjaro without supplemental O2. That's only a shade under 19400 feet. In my late 40s I drove US Route 550 from end to end, exploring old roads to and mines, and getting out and hiking about at the passes. Post covid I haven't been above 4k feet. Pre covid my blood oxygen level meter stayed pegged at 99% at 5k feet unless I held my breath. Now I must hyperventilate to get it above 95% at only 900 feet.

The biggest thing is to make sure you are well hydrated, and you stay well hydrated. You dehydrate faster at high elevations because the air is dryer. So you must drink more water. If you do run into cognitive or nausea altitude issues, then you can take O2, intravenous fluids, or travel to a low enough elevation so you can again absorb enough O2. Drinking water won't help anymore. You are too late. Your stomach shutdown stopping the absorbing fluids and nutrients so your brain could have more of the limited O2 you were absorbing. Getting intravenous fluids often helps rehydrate the lungs, but often it can't do it all. Your head will mostlikely clear before you start absorbing water again. If you are having issues because you are too dehydrated, you are well over a pint low. You must get to a lower elevation to get enough oxygen in so your stomach will start absorbing water again.

This is my favorite lake. It's at 10,000 feet, and yes I took the photo. It's along the Beartooth Highway on the Wyoming side. I want to go back here again. I expect I'll rent and bring an oxygern bottle along the next time I try the Beartooth pass or other high elevations.

 

[CallsignVega]

There are only two paved roads in North America above 14K feet; Mount Blue Sky and Pikes Peak, both in Colorado.

 

[DanK]

There are only two paved roads in North America above 14K feet; Mount Blue Sky and Pikes Peak, both in Colorado.

Thanks for mentioning the name change. Interesting that about 3 weeks after I drove my Y up Mt Evans, they changed the name to Mount Blue Sky.

In the 1950's while on Mount Blue Sky/Mt Evans I could run around. Three years ago even with my aviators breathing oxygen, my O2 saturation was only 85% (sitting).

 

[pricedm]

"Denver Tesla Club hosted a WORLD RECORD breaking Tesla Light Show at the top of ‪@PikesPeakAmericasMountain‬ at 14,115ft in Colorado Springs CO. Reports of UFO sightings made the news" (true!)

 

[Beetlebug62]

Here's my 2018 Model 3 on top of Mount Evans, now known as Mt BlueSky. 14+k ft. It was incredible how much regen I got going back down to Denver.

And my truck and old car together a couple months ago on Mt. Buffalo in Silverthorne. We spent a week at 9780ft! My sister rented a condo there. Couldn't get any higher as the trailhead was there. My blood oxygen dropped to 88%!!!

Going up at elevation is easy for an EV. Sure, it uses more electricity, but you can so much of it going back down.

 

[CallsignVega]

Thanks for mentioning the name change. Interesting that about 3 weeks after I drove my Y up Mt Evans, they changed the name to Mount Blue Sky.

In the 1950's while on Mount Blue Sky/Mt Evans I could run around. Three years ago even with my aviators breathing oxygen, my O2 saturation was only 85% (sitting).

Ya they gotta be politically correct with the name changes. Ironically; the mountain is located in this still named Mount Evans Wilderness.

 

[Res078dz]

Took her to sequoia national park from LA, can't imagine driving any other truck up the mountain. It was awesome.

 

[Res078dz]

11,000 feet elevation at Rock Creek Lake in the Eastern Sierras

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