Plan and Train.
1) Start packing several weeks ahead of time and weed out what you realize you don't need (see packing list) and adding what you didn't think of the first few times around. You will attenuate your pack to the perfect combination of the minimal stuff to stay comfy and content. Email us with any questions about items to take or not. In the end it is your decision (outside of our required items.)
2) Hike, hike, run stairs, run, hike. Train as soon as you can. If you are hut-to-hut trekking, work up to doing 10+ mile hikes with maximum elevation gain once a week if you can. Do whatever you can find the time and where-with-all to fit into your schedule. But don't worry, you have all day to complete each leg of the journey....and a welcoming hut at the end of each day. By day three, you will feel like a super human anyway.
2) Hike, hike, run stairs, run, hike. Train as soon as you can. If you are hut-to-hut trekking, work up to doing 10+ mile hikes with maximum elevation gain once a week if you can. Do whatever you can find the time and where-with-all to fit into your schedule. But don't worry, you have all day to complete each leg of the journey....and a welcoming hut at the end of each day. By day three, you will feel like a super human anyway.
2) Help your body adjust before-hand to the oxygen deprived conditions of high altitudes.
You will be hiking at elevations between 3000 and 10,000 feet (1000-3000 m). When one lives at these elevations, the body compensates by increasing the number of red blood cells as well as the "grip" that the hemoglobin has on oxygen. To aide in increasing your endurance up on the mountains, consider pumping up your blood iron content to compensate for the thinner air. A higher systemic iron content will increase the ability of your body to produce the additional blood cells necessary to operate efficiently at altitude. (See this article by Alex Hutchinson in Runners World, Friday, Sept 25, 2015).
We recommend these iron formulas which contain iron gluconate, an organically bound and water soluble form of iron which is more efficiently absorbed by and assimilated into your system. Help your body adjust to the oxygen deprived conditions of high altitudes well before you arrive.
Two weeks in the mountains can change your blood for months, by the way, so you will feel extra energetic when you return home.
While we are not affiliated with, nor are in any way compensate by the Salus company, we can highly recommend the following iron gluconate supplement. As with any supplements, read up on the product, know potential side effects and consult your doctor.
You will be hiking at elevations between 3000 and 10,000 feet (1000-3000 m). When one lives at these elevations, the body compensates by increasing the number of red blood cells as well as the "grip" that the hemoglobin has on oxygen. To aide in increasing your endurance up on the mountains, consider pumping up your blood iron content to compensate for the thinner air. A higher systemic iron content will increase the ability of your body to produce the additional blood cells necessary to operate efficiently at altitude. (See this article by Alex Hutchinson in Runners World, Friday, Sept 25, 2015).
We recommend these iron formulas which contain iron gluconate, an organically bound and water soluble form of iron which is more efficiently absorbed by and assimilated into your system. Help your body adjust to the oxygen deprived conditions of high altitudes well before you arrive.
Two weeks in the mountains can change your blood for months, by the way, so you will feel extra energetic when you return home.
While we are not affiliated with, nor are in any way compensate by the Salus company, we can highly recommend the following iron gluconate supplement. As with any supplements, read up on the product, know potential side effects and consult your doctor.