By: Mike Ye x Ella (AI)
August 31, 2026

Mount Elbert Physiology — Highest-Altitude Exposure and Recovery Context

Date of Hike: Jun 27, 2026

Core Metrics

  • Peak Elevation: 14497 ft
  • Elevation Gain: 5361 ft
  • Distance: 11 mi
  • Duration: 7:53

Environmental Inputs

  • Weather: Freezing
  • Terrain: Alpine and tundra terrain; partially exposed, mixed surface, with an extremely steep upper mountain and sustained high-altitude climbing
  • Special Gear Used: None

Metabolic Setup

  • Fasted State: true
  • Time Since Last Meal: 12 hours
  • Sleep Quality: Poor
  • Autophagy Outcome: Deep

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Research correction — one-year audit, September 1, 2026 Mount Elbert remains the highest recorded TrailGenic exposure: 14,497 feet across 11.02 miles, 5,361 feet of gain, and 473 minutes. The hike was completed with a 127 bpm average heart rate, 154 bpm maximum heart rate, −1.3% whole-route drift, zero anaerobic training effect, and 22 ppm post-hike breath acetone. The three-point recovery record also remains: pre-hike HRV 30 ms, immediate post-hike HRV 22 ms, and day-2 HRV 38 ms, accompanied by changing resting heart rate, sleep, and overnight stress. These observations are consistent with an acute post-effort disturbance followed by movement toward or above the entering HRV value. They do not prove that the physiological dose was fully absorbed, establish a validated 48-hour resilience score, or define a general altitude ceiling. The corrected finding is successful high-altitude completion with controlled cardiovascular output and an observable recovery sequence. It is descriptive N-of-1 evidence, not a clinical or causal validation.

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Research correction: The September 1, 2026 one-year audit supersedes earlier mechanism claims that conflict with the corrected source record.

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