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Altitude sickness is an old menace of mountaineers. It can also plague really anyone who visits the higher elevations of Colorado. Headaches, nausea and dizziness can cut a hiking trip short, and ignored or untreated, it can even be fatal. Dr. Andrew Luks is part of a team that researches and maintains the Wilderness Medical Society’s Practice Guidelines on altitude sickness. They recently updated their findings.