Ward wrote...
> You can test this on the ground. Stand straight and tall - then
> tip
> your head back as far as it will go without bending your back. A
> few
> seconds of readjustment in equilibrium is more or less normal. If
> the
> condition persists or if you get really dizzy or worse, you have a
> problem to have checked out by your doctor. It is better to find
> this
> out at ground level than aloft.
There is a condition called BPPV (Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo) that is
like
this. (I have it, by the way.) It's 'Benign' unless you have an episode on a
tower. It's
'Paroxysmal' because it comes in often unpredictable spells. It's 'Positional'
because a
spell is initiated by moving your head... into a new position by twisting your
neck
(looking to the right, then abruptly looking to the left, etc.) and/or looking
straight up.
The 'Vertigo' is really disorienting in my case. I haven't climbed since I
found out
about it, because I usually need to look up and move my head left and right
when I'm
up there.
In my case, it's easily 'cured' for a while, but the cure requires doing some
simple
maneuvers lying on my back on a bed. This is not easily done on a tower.
Google 'Eppley maneuver' if you're interested.
73,
George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
October 4-5, 2014
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