What’s on your lockdown reading list? If you’re anything like me, you’ve spent a lot of time staring out the window, dreaming of adventures - anything from small trips to the local crag, to climbing 8000-metre peaks. But what will it take to motivate you...
Read More'I’m not getting out of bed for less than $10,000.' My alarm melodies. It's 1am on 13th October, 2018. I hear people shuffling around outside the tent of our summit camp, 5800 metres high in the Himalaya. I lie for another 20 minutes until Durjee calls “tea?”....
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So, you’ve done plenty of UK peaks and maybe even done a few lower level summits in Europe? What’s next and where can you go to get a real taste of high altitude?
Emily Thompson writes her top tips for staying as healthy and safe as possible at high altitude:
So you’ve been inspired by our article Where to start: Altitude, but if you’re planning your first trip to a high peak overseas, then altitude sickness or Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) may be something you’ve never encountered or had to consider. Even if you’ve been to high peaks before and not been affected, altitude sickness can still affect you on your next trip.