AMS, a Fracture & What turned out to be a Manali trip!

amip · 28th October 2009, 12:13

@rajeevn - Thank you! A rented bullet can be tough - quality of bikes available is quite poor - met a French guy who was trying to go up for the 6th time! LOL - of course that he carried all of his belongings (including a guitar) with him didn't help!

MileCruncher · 29th October 2009, 10:27

Hey Ami and Amit,

Don't know how I missed this thread. Really sad end to what this trip could have been. But as the saying goes , " Once you get the taste, you keep going back". Hope you do the Leh trip next year.

BTW on the AMS front wante dto ask you, were you guys taking Diamox? Even though we were climbing from the Srinagar side gradually, regular dosages of Diamox along with plenty of Glucose Water kept AMS at bay for us. One of the guy did feel some breathlessness in Leh but nothing a little dose of Oxygen and a good night's sleep couldn't cure.

Cheers

amip · 29th October 2009, 14:20

@MileCruncher - have been following your thread with a lot of envy - lol! Yes, we were taking Diamox - didn't seem to help. On the other hand, we can't be completely sure that it was indeed AMS - no breathlessness was experienced at all. Considering what was to come later I'm tempted to think it was just fate playing a trick :-)

sudev · 29th October 2009, 20:12

Taking Diamox without enough water input - 2lt/person/day min - is also problematic. I always suggest take disprin morning and evening with lots of water (2lt/person/day). Diamox only if you get swelling of hands or other AMS symptoms. Breathlessness is also due to altitude and temprature profile.

More I think more I feel it was touch of diarrhea due to some bad food coupled with extreme cold.

ac 427 · 13th May 2010, 20:49

hey girl...great travelogue. finished it in one go. reminded of my mumbai - manali - mumbai trip we did in our scorpio.

great pics, nice narration, though more pics would have been nicer

cheers,
ac

p.s: am planning my own trip now, mumbai - sikkim - mumbai

sen2009 · 14th May 2010, 12:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by ac 427

hey girl...great travelogue. finished it in one go. reminded of my mumbai - manali - mumbai trip we did in our scorpio.

great pics, nice narration, though more pics would have been nicer

cheers,
ac

p.s: am planning my own trip now, mumbai - sikkim - mumbai

When are you planning this trip? This year?

28th October 2009, 12:13	#166
amip BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 166 Thanked: Once	@rajeevn - Thank you! A rented bullet can be tough - quality of bikes available is quite poor - met a French guy who was trying to go up for the 6th time! LOL - of course that he carried all of his belongings (including a guitar) with him didn't help!
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29th October 2009, 10:27	#167
MileCruncher Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: MH01 Posts: 4,235 Thanked: 590 Times View My Garage	Hey Ami and Amit, Don't know how I missed this thread. Really sad end to what this trip could have been. But as the saying goes , " Once you get the taste, you keep going back". Hope you do the Leh trip next year. BTW on the AMS front wante dto ask you, were you guys taking Diamox? Even though we were climbing from the Srinagar side gradually, regular dosages of Diamox along with plenty of Glucose Water kept AMS at bay for us. One of the guy did feel some breathlessness in Leh but nothing a little dose of Oxygen and a good night's sleep couldn't cure. Cheers
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29th October 2009, 14:20	#168
amip BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 166 Thanked: Once	@MileCruncher - have been following your thread with a lot of envy - lol! Yes, we were taking Diamox - didn't seem to help. On the other hand, we can't be completely sure that it was indeed AMS - no breathlessness was experienced at all. Considering what was to come later I'm tempted to think it was just fate playing a trick :-)
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29th October 2009, 20:12	#169
sudev Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 3,838 Thanked: 3,179 Times	Taking Diamox without enough water input - 2lt/person/day min - is also problematic. I always suggest take disprin morning and evening with lots of water (2lt/person/day). Diamox only if you get swelling of hands or other AMS symptoms. Breathlessness is also due to altitude and temprature profile. More I think more I feel it was touch of diarrhea due to some bad food coupled with extreme cold.
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13th May 2010, 20:49	#170
ac 427 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,393 Thanked: 244 Times View My Garage	hey girl...great travelogue. finished it in one go. reminded of my mumbai - manali - mumbai trip we did in our scorpio. great pics, nice narration, though more pics would have been nicer cheers, ac p.s: am planning my own trip now, mumbai - sikkim - mumbai
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