Day 8 – Ledar (4,200m) – Throng La High Camp (4925m) - Annapurna Circuit
April 25th 2012 With around 750m of altitude gain today there was the very real chance of getting serious altitude sickness (no more than 300-500m is recommended per day). We would be sleeping tonight at 4,925m and were now very much in the altitude sickness danger zone. After yesterdays issues I was understandably concerned about getting ill and was determined to take every possible precaution to ensure that I s
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