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victorialandout t1_j6dhoct wrote

Reply to comment by SpeedflyChris in At least 25 die in Peru when bus plunges off cliff, police say by Vegeta9001

User doesn’t understand the scale here. Or altitude involved. It’s like the uneducated saying it ain’t so bad outside a submarine at max depth.

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SpeedflyChris t1_j6ek4e9 wrote

Lol, I spend a fair amount of time in the mountains, I know from experience that on a reasonable trail (certainly worse than something resembling stairs) I'll average about 500m/hour altitude gain if I'm not pushing too hard, and I'm not by any means seriously fit (I have a largely titanium spine following a paragliding accident a couple of years back). A 1200ft ascent I could take my 70 year old dad up no problem.

Looking it up, it's at about 2400m, so a 1200ft/400m ascent at those altitudes should be easy for all but the most couch potato of redditors.

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victorialandout t1_j6f2i8g wrote

I’ve done the four-day hike. It’s fine. But don’t assume it’s not for people in shape. We had several couples get severe altitude sickness by the time we got MP. Why? Several reasons. No time to acclimate but also acting like they were locals by pushing to keep up with the porters (bad idea) at every turn.

So, don’t get all mathy and arrogant when conditions are variable for all.

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