Somewhat disturbed by the news that top athlete, and extremely fit, Martina Navratilova had to be stretchered off the mountain after reaching 4500m during a charity trek event with some other athletes, requiring hospital treatment, I've decided that I need to be not only as fit as I can possibly be (for a 40 something lay-about), but also need to take the altitude thing very seriously.
So starting today, I jumped off my tube train 1 mile from where I needed to be, and ended up walking 4.25 miles all told today (thanks to my new FitBit pedometer)
I've also booked in for a consultation at the Altitude Centre in London to see how susceptible I might be to AMS.
More news Tuesday....
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