Not everyone gets sick in high altitudes and as far as scientists are concerned, it’s almost impossible to predict who will get sick and who wont. In our case it was me who got sick while my boyfriend, who grew up in the high capital of Bogota, Colombia and smokes, was fine.
Then again, we had people on our tour who had never been anywhere much higher than sea level their whole life and were also fine the whole trip. Body size, age, health… nothing seems to increase or decrease your chances of getting altitude sickness.
Chelsea Schmidt (to be continued)