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Originally posted by RougeUnderoos@Mar 3 2005, 12:51 AM
There sure was a lot of whining about the "gruelling" task of carrying the alfalfa, but it seemed like a rather wimpy thing. Not easy, with the altitude but not exactly a life-beater. 7 year old children walk around with 15 or 20 pound backpacks all the time.
The average person walks 4mph so I can't imagine they were out there for more than 25 minutes, max but some of them were just dieing.
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Yeah, where can you go in North America thats the same elevation as what they were at in Peru. Considering most of these participants look like they live at sea level I imagine the altitude had a huge effect. I remember Marcus Nilson saying he was out of breath in Calgary in his first game which is what 3900 ft. The village in Peru is at like 11000 feet. Still I heard a lot of stories about the Peruvian Andes when I was down in Brazil, and seeing it on T.V. really makes me want to get there one day before I get old like Cheese and need a wheel chair to get around.
