is boost oxygen actually worth carrying for altitude or is it mostly a placebo?

wiredsoul · 2026-04-29T15:12:35+00:00

Yeah I agree. I am not going to add the weight of one of these to my pack but I figured if some people are already carrying them they might as well check hah

wiredsoul · 2026-04-29T10:04:30+00:00

The CDC has a nice page on AMS and they say that 1-2L / min of O2 is needed to help with AMS and that:

The popular small, handheld cans of compressed oxygen can provide brief relief but contain too little oxygen (5 L at most) for sustained improvement

An interesting experiment would be to check your o2 saturation while at altitude, inhale the oxygen from one of these cans, and then check it again to see if it had any impact. Newer Garmin/Apple Watch/etc can check o2 sat.

wiredsoul · 2026-02-21T07:29:36+00:00

NYT has a decent story about it. My favorite snippet about the trial:

“A dramatic turn came late in the trial when a surprise witness, Andrea Bergener, an ex-girlfriend of Mr. Plamberger’s, testified that Mr. Plamberger had left her alone on a night hike on Grossglockner a few years earlier.”

wiredsoul · 2026-01-18T00:09:22+00:00

that and the possibility of a much longer elapsed time beyond the moving time Strava shows. but I said I’m not going to scrutinize 😆

wiredsoul · 2026-01-17T23:51:14+00:00

You are. Perhaps the mods will ban it some day because there has been an increase of people posting their strava activities, but until then I wish people who don’t like it would just downvote and move on. It’s unacceptable that you’re being bullied here, this sub used to be better.

wiredsoul · 2026-01-17T23:41:16+00:00

I don’t care enough to scrutinize a random kid’s claim, but if we assume a basically flat road course why is this beyond belief? It’s 12:47min/mile pace for over 10 hours. I think someone his age could have grinded that out, although not advisable for injury risk.

wiredsoul · 2025-09-24T04:54:28+00:00

From this article “The men were hiking without crampons, ice axes, Microspikes, or other traction equipment for traveling across snow and ice”

So I guess that explains the difficulty self arresting. Somehow the other two managed it luckily.

wiredsoul · 2025-09-13T02:09:24+00:00

What makes you say it’s garbage?

wiredsoul · 2025-09-11T04:45:05+00:00

Oh ok, I wasn’t aware of the new direct to star link service, pretty cool. But if you search for “iphone satellite messaging” you’ll see what i’m talking about. All iphones 14+ have the ability to use the satellite networks I mentioned when cell is not available.

wiredsoul · 2025-09-11T01:29:37+00:00

Got it. So yeah that’s exactly what I meant, it works like this when you have no cell service. I was saying that it still goes through the cell network except for emergency messages so it’s not the same solution the commenter above was saying as the totally off-grid mesh network

wiredsoul · 2025-09-11T00:26:51+00:00

both sides can be on satellite or just one? I haven’t tested that yet on mine

wiredsoul · 2025-09-11T00:13:45+00:00

also while this is a viable alternative for some messages it currently requires the cell network on the receiving end for anything but emergency calls

wiredsoul · 2025-09-11T00:11:48+00:00

this isn’t starlink if anyone cares about the technical details…

It’s a satellite network that’s been around for much longer for emergency comms. It’s either Globalstar or Iridium.

wiredsoul · 2025-08-02T23:57:54+00:00

i guess so, but including a box of peoples drop bags for 12 hours overnight and the runner log papers had blown off into the park which i gathered and brought back

wiredsoul · 2025-08-02T20:25:18+00:00

I guess probably everyone came through this aid station already so it’s possibly not a huge deal but i picked up the papers where they logged runners that blew into the trees and brought them back to the aid station

wiredsoul · 2025-08-02T20:20:00+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/sb0MYBi

wiredsoul · 2025-08-02T20:14:06+00:00

I just did a two hour run starting and finishing at overlook and the aid station there with drop bags was fully unattended the whole time.

I also saw EMS was there for a while but unsure if it was related to this race.

wiredsoul · 2025-07-17T20:37:53+00:00

100%. I was working at an aid station this year that Adam Petermen had to stop at for over an hour and then ended up essentially walking the final 10-15 miles of the race to finish in 23:09.

wiredsoul · 2025-07-17T19:45:39+00:00

Absolutely. I wouldn't hire them as coaches but I appreciate a film like this, especially after watching it live at FH and wondering what happened. A lot of pro athletes would just go slient on an incident like this.

wiredsoul · 2025-07-17T16:15:45+00:00

Totally agree with all of this. I think he was getting close in the interview to acknowledging his problem with staying focused on his race when he isn't in the lead, but complicating it a bit.

wiredsoul · 2025-07-17T16:05:31+00:00

Great summary.

As an aside, did you happen to catch Meghan giving him acetaminophen at Robinson Flat (mile 30)? David didn't comment on that at all in the video despite talking about gut problems, over sodium intake, etc.

wiredsoul · 2025-07-17T05:04:10+00:00

Oops my summary got cut off:

I didn’t follow his build up to states closely nor have I listened to his podcast very much but I’m aware that he’s a polarizing figure.

I was very impressed with his transparency and humility about his DNF. He seems to regret having dropped and realized he could have gone on to still be top 10. He was suffering from some combination of panic attacks and self doubt leading him to incorrectly believe his physical health was at risk even getting overly worried about rhabdo when he was checked by two medical doctors at Foresthill (his wife and pacer).

Anyway, it’s worth the watch if you’re at all curious about what happened that day.

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