Tips To Help Avoid Altitude Sickness
Soroche, acute mountain sickness (AMS), altitude sickness — whatever you call it, it does not discriminate. The simple fact is, the higher you go above sea level, the thinner the oxygen in your blood becomes. By 10,000 feet oxygen levels have gone from roughly 98% saturation to 89%. This catches many travelers off-guard; young, old, man, woman, fit or not — anyone is potentially at risk. The good news is [...]
