11 sats \ 6 replies \ @gnilma OP 10 Jun \ parent \ on: gnilma's Hiking Adventures 027 - Garabaldi Lake earth
Wow 6000 meters! That is amazing! I've never gone higher than 3000 meters. I really wish I can visit the Himalayas one day. How do you even breathe up there? Do you need to stay extra days to acclimatize to the elevation or are you already acclimatize because you live in high elevations?
To correct myself it was actually 5300 M elevation.
I researched a bit about the highest elevation point on the road and found it out. The +6000 M is the peak of the mountains. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchachuli
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Amazing views! The Himalayas is just breath taking. Thanks for sharing the pictures.
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We didn't stay at 6000 M for so long. However, while I personally didn't feel anything different except for a little trembling in the legs and some heavy breathing. My friend had headache and other related stuff. So, we soon drove down...
I don't live in high elevations. My abode is right at the foothills of the starting point of the Himalyas and it's hardly 500 M elevation.
You can join us here next year if you like. We're planning an SN meetup in India. Details here-
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I guess when you don't stay overnight, the elevation sickness don't kick in as much. I hope your friend was alright afterwards.
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Yes, he is fine. We actually stayed at below 4000 elevation. It was the best trip of my life!!
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Good to hear that he is alright and also good to hear that you had a great trip!
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