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As some of you know I am now back home and can happily say that I completed the Trek!!!
It was pretty tough in ways that I couldn't really imagine or had really given much thought over..........the lack of oxygen and thiness of the air being one of them! I suffered quite badly the night before our first day trekking, I was sick, had ear ache (apparently due to a filling i'd had the week before i went....no one told me you weren't supposed to have dental work before going to altitude) and a pulsating headache.....those of you who suffer from migraines will appreciate the pain I went through.
However, as the days went by I stopped feeling sick and just had to deal with the constant head and ear aches and luckily for me my friend Luisa had brought I huge supply of Ibuprofen which soon became my best friend.
The walking from 6am til 5pm was hardgoing, the last summit to 4600 meters (the photo above) is without a doubt the hardest thing i've ever done, the last 100 meters was such a struggle but thinking about Elena, the money people had pledged and all the messages I received before I left for Peru kept me going.
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Thank you all so much
Lucia
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