This week, I seem to have adapted to sleeping in the tent. I have it set to about 13% Oxygen (which suggests that the air in the tent would be more like 14%), which is similar to adding 10-12,000 feet of altitude. Going with the lower number, and adding it to the altitude that I’m at (roughly 2,400 feet), it should be close to sleeping at 12,000 feet altitude, which is the altitude of La Paz.
The first two weeks, I often didn’t make it all the way through the night, often times turning the machine off after about 4 hours or so. The past few nights, I’ve pretty much slept 8 hours in the tent. I do think it’s still raising metabolism and such, but not as drastic as the first couple nights. So, if anyone else tries this, there does seem to be an adjustment period, which is something I’ve heard others speak about. It’s also continued to be very hot where I am (over 100 during the day, 70-80 for the low at night), so that might have been a factor, too. I thought it would be mostly cooling down, but the Sonoran Desert had other ideas.
I think the best way to apply this is to scour Ebay. Altitude Generators do pop up every couple weeks or so, sometimes in that $500 price range. I just saw one in the past few weeks from a company I hadn’t heard of before, right in that range, but it appears to have sold.
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