Nepal – by Irene Butler Published in “Travel-Wise.com” On still mushy knees we wobble along the winding streets of the village, and plunk down our gear at the first of many lodges on our sixteen day trek. We are soon titillating our taste buds with a potent delight, fresh garlic soup, said by locals to be a good aid to “acclimatizing” – the body’s natural process of producing more red blood cells to compensate for the corresponding decrease of atmospheric oxygen with increased elevation. Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) results from ascending more rapidly than the body can adapt. Our simple…
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