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Old 11th May 2013, 11:00
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peuce
 
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I like to say ...ill.
A bit of an issue with breathing...at 5000m

But thanks to an excellent Travel Insurance Policy and surprisingly good medical attention in Kathmandu, a full recovery.

Funny thing about the flight. You probably can't see it, but the pilot is sucking on an oxygen bottle and I'm sucking on nothing. I was, to a degree, acclimatised to 60% oxygen levels. Whereas he had flown straight up from sea level. I believe that if he had stepped out of the helicopter without his bottle, he could have lost consciousness very quickly. Goes to show how the body can adapt fairly quickly (albeit, over a 5 day period) to these things.

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