We drove up Pikes Peak last week and when I went into the restroom at the summit, there was a boy being attended to by an EMS due to altitude sickness. As I was leaving, another boy was entering and slumped to the floor. I found out his symptoms and communicated to the EMS around the corner that we had another one. I got him situated and went and found another EMS to attend to him.

One of the reasons we went up was because the next day I was doing Mt. Democrat, Mt. Cameron and Mt. Lincoln, all of which are above 14,000', so I wanted some acclimation. Thankfully, I haven't had any real problems and that includes a trip where I was at sea level and 18 hours later was standing on the highest peak in the Rockies.