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In my travels I have had some intriguing hallucinations......
Alaska - Iditasport - I saw little elephants, a monkey in a tree and a turkey alongside the trail
Jordan - Desert Cup - I saw a duck reaching for food, a piglet stood on top of a pig, a gnome on a surf board, a baby rhinoceros who put its head down to charge me and the person I was running with had a bill board on his back and was carrying a chair.
Yukon - YAU - Saw an American Nuclear Bunker alongside the trail - but realised I was hallucinating so went to sleep instead.
Anyone else had experiences like these??
Alaska - Iditasport - I saw little elephants, a monkey in a tree and a turkey alongside the trail
Jordan - Desert Cup - I saw a duck reaching for food, a piglet stood on top of a pig, a gnome on a surf board, a baby rhinoceros who put its head down to charge me and the person I was running with had a bill board on his back and was carrying a chair.
Yukon - YAU - Saw an American Nuclear Bunker alongside the trail - but realised I was hallucinating so went to sleep instead.
Anyone else had experiences like these??
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Elite Ironman, Ultra Trail Runner
'that' always counts mate!!!
that Daz does hard drugs...
Elite Ironman, Ultra Trail Runner
Think that was tiredness and stress. And fear. Coupled with an over-active imagination.
I sometimes wake up at night and think I can hear the drone of a large aircraft.
actualyl i do hullucinate when i have a fever. have done since a kid. best was a large spider with big legs (bit like bagpipes full of air) breathing heavily as it descended. but none of these were full on
Elite Ironman, Ultra Trail Runner
Hooooooooooooooooooooray
MT
In answer to your question -
I hallucinated at approx mile 85 in Alaska coming into Skwentna Lodge - having had only 2 hour stop at mile 55.
In Jordan they were all in the very latter stages of the race at about 160km going through Wadi Rum
...and in Yukon it was a bit earlier in the race at approx mile 65 - but the race had started only 24 hours after arriving in Yukon - so was knackered before start.
My hallucinations were, I believe, due to being knackered and not dehydration.
I recommned hallucinations to anyone - cracking weird - never tried drugs - but I would imagine the same feeling without the risk to health or sanity.