u/FarAnalyst

Hi everyone. So I recently travelled to high altitude places for a trip. First I traveled to a place at 10000 ft and stayed 24 hours for acclimitization. Then I traveled to 12000 ft where I stayed a night. On 3rd day I did some light trekking. Post that I traveled for 5 more days navigating between 10-14k ft. I didnt have any symptom of AMS but my God the breathlessness was horrible. Whenever I did even a slight inclined walk or few flights of stairs, I would get tired after 5-6 steps.

My question is

1. Whenever I got tired my heart would beat faster and feel chest pain in the middle. It would subside in a minute though. What kind of doctor should I visit for this?

2. This breathlessness never improved over my stay. I didnt have any headache as such but only the breathlessness caught me off gaurd and people would look at me worringly. So was this a silent AMS ?

Now I am in plains I am feeling no such symptom. I even do cardio everyday alongwith weights (not heavy)

Please suggest kind of treatment I should go for. Also anyone else have ever felt this please share your experience.

Hi,

It will be my first time to Ladakh and I am planning a big circuit via personal vehicle. Following will be my route:

Delhi - Jispa - Purne (gongbo/phuktal) - Padum - Kargil - Leh - Hunder/Turtuk - Pangong - Hanle - Manali - Delhi

I want to know about the permits - specifically when/where should I apply it. Should it be done online and beforehand specially the ILP ?

I also want to get some suggestions around road conditions to be aware of in the above route. It will be huge help to get some insights. As per petrol stations - I have identified from youtube/google.

Health: Please advise on reaching Jispa directly from Delhi. I don't want to add one more day hence I skipped Manali. Will diamox be required for this?

PS - if anyone has a list of essentials to be carried when traveling in car, please DM.

Hi, we are a couple. We are traveling to Zanskar region in late of June. I am struggling to find stays in Padum/Purne region via online platforms. We want to visit Phuktal monastery, explore Zanskar valley around Padum/Karsha. Please suggest good homestays and hotel in the area and how to book them.

P.S. I have tried Booking.com but it hardly shows any decent stays. I have tried simple google search but most of the homestays lack phone numbers it seems.