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“Climbing Island Peak” Fredtrip’s photos around Chukhung, Nepal (blogs on climbing island peak)

Preview of Fredtrip’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Chukhung, Nepal Entry Title: “Climbing Island Peak” Entry: “Nov 10: Tengboche – Dingboche (4400m) I left Tengboche at around 7am, crossed a Rhododendron forest on the way down then went back up towards Dingboche. There, at Moonlight Guest House I met an English trekker who was going to Pheriche, a village 30min away, for an “altitude talk” from the medical unit installed there. After getting a Sherpa stew (local loaded soup with potatoes, noodles, rice, beans, vegetable..) and as it was only 2pm I joined him as it would be good knowing more about that stuff. Every year trekkers die from altitude sickness. On my way back from Pheriche I met this herder who told me having climbed the Everest. Here is what I learnt about AMS (Altitude Mountain Sickness): Basically the higher you go the lower the air pressure, meaning less oxygen for every breath. So the lungs breath faster to compensate. Problem is they expel more CO2 too which tend to lower the pH in the blood. The body can only function at a certain pH and a lower pH at high altitude has severe consequences. The body will do everything to balance the pH, including killing itself… Symptoms are headache, loss of appetite, sleepless nights and lethargy. Further complications include getting HAPE (high altitude pulmonary edema) and HACE (c …

Hiking the Cascade Lake Loop in Moran State Park on Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands

Hiking the 2.7 mile Cascade Lake Loop in Moran State Park on Orcas Island, largest of the San Juan Islands in the NW of Washington State. Remember to go counter clockwise, or else you’d need climbing gear to get up the hills your supposed to walk down.

Paradise found on the big island

Paradise found on the big island
Six days is just enough — barely — to experience the beauty and adventure of the Big Island of Hawaii.

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