Greetings.

Your trip sounds wonderful, and I hope you don't let CH influence your decision. I can only answer as an episodic who normally gets episodes in the spring and autumn. So one summer when I spent a week at 3600 meters, not at the level you're suggesting, I experienced a short (but intense) summer episode which started right at the end of the vacation. This has happened only one time, even though I have made several trips to the area. So I can't say for certain that altitude was the only factor. You can also experience altitude headaches while acclimating, but they are distinctly different and treatable. Again, it sounds like a wonderful trip, and I hope you have the chance to do it.

patti

Can't speak for the altitude of the holiday I'm afraid, but you've reminded me of a holiday I took before I'd had my diagnosis when I still didn't know what my CH attacks were.

Had attacks on the plane on my flights to and from Fuerteventura from the UK. Not fun.

Looking back, I was probably triggering them myself with alcohol, unknowingly.

I have issues with elevation change. I live at a mile high, going to 10000' usually causes problems, but going to sea level can also have the same effect.

Air travel also causes CH...

Hi all,
thank you so much for your kind and encouaging words as well as sharing your experiences and/or opinions.
I really love having this group of friends and am so grateful to DJ and everyone here. CH.com is a ray of sunshine (badly needed in Ireand lol).
I am an episodic CHer and before D3, I used to get 4 months cycles in spring and 2 months to 10 weeks cycles around november - december - january.
Before D3, I used to get really bad hits when flying, so i would drop a Zomig -sumatripan- before take off.
Then Batch's D3 regimen gave me my life back 3 1/2 years ago. This year i got some shadows and a few hits -max Kip 6- in june but that's all and I can put up with that. While the hits woke me up, O2 took care of them rapidly. I have found that sucking the O2 directly from the end of the pipe works best for me and it is very economical as i can turn off the valve when keping the O2 in my lungs and while exaling.

This trip from New Delhi to Laddakh in Tibet is going to be even better than I thought.
I talked to my son -who is nearly 17- about it and asked him if he would like to do the trip together with 1 motorbike each if he learned to ride one.
To my immense pleasure, he said that he'd love to and he is already looking forward to it.
This is also a gift that life is giving me that i am soooo grateful for. Doing this trip with him should be an amazing experience. My son -Luke- is a good/cool guy, his head and heart are in the right place, he is also very fit as he rows a lot. He is a national Irish champion since his boat won the under 16 all Ireland champonship in 2015.
He also is looking forward to this trip and for me it is the cherry on top of the cake. He makes me a very happy dad indeed.
I will not let CH take this gift away.
I will take all the regimen ingredients with me on the trip as well as plenty of Zomig in case the beast rears its head.
Got to get my son to learn to ride a bike now, which he is looking forward to doing now that he has this goal.
Anyway it's looking like it will be 2017 or 2018 by the time he will have learned to ride a fairly large bike and I will be comfortable enough with his level of motorbike riding skills.

If it is going to be 2018 before we get to head off together, I am looking at doing a tour of Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos with a friend or 2 on motorbikes in 2017 -unless i get offered some big job at the time. I work as a self employed on jobs that last 3 to 5 months at a time. Because i never know when the next job will come, i do not turn down offers of work -though i would turn one down in order to do this trip with my son as some of the roads in the himalayan mountains are only open for 3 months/year because of weather conditions.
All the best and thank you.

Hi Peter, thank you for your encouragement.
Indeed, kids can bring so much to our lives.
I don't have grandchildren yet but my 20 years ols daughter loves kids so i' m guessing she'll have some at some stage.
My son being a typical teenage boy is saying "no way". Just like I was. lol
All the best to you and yours.