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Johan Kruseman
A village later, in Manang, the trek got serious. We were now at 3540 meters, and they had hired a Norwegian doctor to scare us about the dangers of altitude sickness. If you exhibited one of the symptoms (no sleeping, loss of appetite, headache, etc.), you weren‘t allowed to continue and had to acclimatize for a day. Unfortunately, it wasn‘t an option for me to compensate for the other symptoms with my severe loss of appetite. A few days later, we finally reached the top of the pass at 5430 meters. It was a bit frustrating to realize that I was about 600 meters higher than Mont Blanc, but in the Himalayas, this was the lowest pass to get to the next village. And I definitely felt the altitude. Jeez, one stretch in my sleep and I was exhausted.
Traveled route: Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Pokhara, Annapurna circuit, Udipur Valley, Manang, Thorong La Pass, Jomsom
