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Salkantay Treks Height Sickness

Salkantay Treks Height Sickness is also known as acute mountain sickness (AMS), altitude disorder, hypobaropathy, or Soroche, is a pathological effect of high altitude on humans, caused by acute exposure to low partial pressure of oxygen at high altitude. It commonly occurs above 2,400 masl (approximately 8,000 feet). Acute mountain sickness can progress to high … Read more