You can find out more about it on this official NHS leaflet here.
Someone with sickle cell trait has sickle cell genes and a low portion of sickle-shaped red blood cells but usually no symptoms (except perhaps more immunity to malaria – though when they do get malaria, they do get it worse). Sickle cell is pretty much what it sounds like – instead of your red blood cells being round, they’re sickle-shaped (kinda like a ‘C’) and as such, can’t carry oxygen or function the way they really should. As someone who has sickle trait (which is different from yet related to sickle cell disease), I knew from speaking to my GP that I had to be extra careful before our visit rainbow mountain in Peru. ^ That’s another makeshift toilet stall there.Īs we went along, I have to admit, I seriously struggled with the hike. The views around here make it so worth it though – you very quickly get distracted by the stunning mountains and their amazing myriad of colours a small taste of what lay ahead!
Now imagine that when you’re actually doing strenuous exercise. The thin air.Įven when you’re doing nothing, you’re always struggling to catch your breath here. That’s what makes a visit rainbow mountain in Peru so hard. You’re over 4,300 metres above sea level – almost half the height of Mount Everest and the oxygen is very thin in the air. The walking here truly takes it out of you.
Winter gear – hats, fleeces, jumpers, gloves…etc (it’s cold in the morning but warms up considerably come afternoon)Īfter breakfast, we hit the tracks starting off with a rocky hilly ascent…. The waterproof gear we had for hiking Huayna Picchu (the impressive mountain right next to Machu Picchu). We were finally on our journey to Visit Rainbow Mountain In Peru 😍 The extra things we brought with us were: We popped into one of the farmer’s huts here, where FlashpackerConnect had arranged a hearty (mountain-climbers) breakfast for us – with teas and extra treats we might need on our way over to the mountains. We then drove 3 hours to get to the base of the trek (we were asleep for pretty much all of this), arriving at the entry to visit Rainbow Mountain In Peru long before the sun started to shine. Our day started off very early – we got picked up in Cusco from our hotel at 2 am. I’m so glad we did though because they were amazing – they took care of everything and even carried extra oxygen with you, just in case the altitude sickness got too much to handle. We booked our trip with FlashpackerConnect – they’d been doing this here long before most people and in fact, when we looked to book back in the UK, they’re the only ones we could find. It’s not even that I’m scared of the challenge, I think I just get ‘performance anxiety’ and it’s so unfounded because as most people will have you know, things like hiking pretty much just involve putting one foot in front of the other (once you sort out the logistics and your hiking supplies – the part which never has me nervous). Of course, it did! The dread part was more due to my sometimes unfounded anxiety whenever it came to doing any physical challenges. The excitement part is easy to understand – it’s the Rainbow Mountains in Peru and it looked amazing in the photos I’d seen. When we decided to Visit Rainbow Mountain In Peru it was one I’d come to simultaneous look forward but also dreaded, ever since we’d booked it. #Rainbow mountain peru how to#
How to visit Rainbow Mountain In Peru? Well, let me tell you! 🏔
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