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Mountaineers Please Help 18-Mar-2003 At 8:28:57 AM Estey

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Depending on her travel plans there are heaps of oportunities for acclimitisation in that part of South America. For example if you go in from Bolivia you can hang out in places such as La Paz (3500m), Sorata (3000m) or the altiplano (2500m-5000m).

My girlfriend walked to Machu Pichu last year and raved about it. She had spent about a month trekking at altitude before this so had no problem on the Inca Trail itself (4300m?). Some of the people she did the trek with hadn't done much acclimitisation and found the going a bit tougher but had no real problems.

Sleeping at as lower altitude as possible is important if you are not acclimitised properly (walk/climb high - sleep low). I don't think you have to camp above 3400m on the way to Machu Pichu.

Local regulations require you to go with a guide. One advantage of this is that you don't have to take a full pack which should make the going a bit easier.

So overall the risk is very low that she will run into any real problems. She will have a ball.