Arm out the window,
GEN 3.8 does not allow that, you may descend to a lower altitude, it does not say you can climb to a lower altitude.
It was a gotya question on NVFR flight tests, and an important one as buildings in capital cities, and mountain ranges in the vicinity of coastal airports did raise the LSALT that may have been in the opposite direction to the intended track.
As with most of the rules like this, they have been written very carefully, LSALTs should not been seen as a hindrance, they are there to stop aircraft from running into the ground.
