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Old January 19th 19, 12:38 AM posted to rec.skiing.alpine
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[Default] On Thu, 17 Jan 2019 09:41:12 -0800, The Real Bev
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On 01/17/2019 07:12 AM, Harvard Horvath wrote:
I've been thinking of writing a paper on motion sickness. We've been
studying space sickness in my astronautics class. As a man of action,
adventure, and danger, I've experienced motion sickness many times.

My instructor says that when he's been up in the space shuttle for
several months and he gets back on land, he experiences some vertigo
that takes about 20-25 minutes to go away. Many people have
experiences this when leaving a boat. We call it getting our, "land
legs," back. And for me it only takes a few seconds. But I've never
spent six months on a boat.

I've noticed many times while doing a fast descent on a black diamond
and doing a hockey stop at the bottom, I often feel a sense of
vertigo, which takes a moment to go away. Has anyone else felt this?

I attribute this to gravity. While going downhill rapidly, gravity is
reduced and your heart pumps more blood to your head. While stopping
rapidly there is much more gravity pulling on you and the blood pools
toward your legs. The same thing happens in zero-gravity.

Any discussion on this will be appreciated.


https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/...l-201208065110


Saw that in class.

Look up otoliths and otoconia.


Too little, too late. We covered the inner ear in class.

Welcome to adulthood.


Welcome to your senility. You missed the whole point of this
discussion. This is not space camp where we earn a merit badge. This
is a real college course taught in a major university, by a retired
astronaut, to earn a real degree.

I already know the causes of motion sickness, and the cures. I've
experienced many types of motion sickness, to include seasickness, air
sickness, car sickness, and the type that you get on certain rides at
amusement parks. I'm looking for people who have experienced other
types of motion sickness. For example, do you get vertigo or
dizziness while skiing or riding the lifts or tram? Or do you know
someone who does?

A good example is Trunky, who only skis the green groomed runs,
because his altitude sickness causes him to **** his pants when he
stands at the top of a black diamond run.


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