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About Acute Mountain Sickness when we were trekking in Nepal

Remember this photo?  It was taken on my Annapurna Circuit trekking trip.  

After we settled down at a guesthouse, we took a day hike to a very high location, probably around 5000 metres.  

I raised the idea of taking jumping photos.  Both myself and Aaron, another young Canadian guy, did it.  

But it's not easy to catch a good jumping photo!  So both of us jumped a lot.  Eventually we got satisfying photos.  As the one you see here.

But there was a consequence!  That night Aaron became sick.  He got a bad headache, a typical symptom of AMS.  

The reason is that, although both of us jumped a lot, Aaron is 8 years younger than me.  So he's more vulnerable to AMS.  I was fine though.

 

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  • About Acute Mountain Sickness when we were trekking in Nepal +1

    Remember this photo?  It was taken on my Annapurna Circuit trekking trip.  

    After we settled down at a guesthouse, we took a day hike to a very high location, probably around 5000 metres.  

    I raised the idea of taking jumping photos.  Both myself and Aaron, another young Canadian guy, did it.  

    But it's not easy to catch a good jumping photo!  So both of us jumped a lot.  Eventually we got satisfying photos.  As the one you see here.

    But there was a consequence!  That night Aaron became sick.  He got a bad headache, a typical symptom of AMS.  

    The reason is that, although both of us jumped a lot, Aaron is 8 years younger than me.  So he's more vulnerable to AMS.  I was fine though.

     

    • So it's not always true that "the younger the better"!😂 BTW, what is the highest height you jumped to above ground?
      • Never measured it. 😊
        • I guess you have been very good on jumping since you were very young, maybe a teenage, right? But your yoga experience helps you to maintain or even improve the level of jumping, even though your age increases naturally. Is that true?
          • Not really... I was quite weak. The jumps were just for fun. Didn't show my physical ability though. 😁