Himalayan Trail Walker

Acute mountain sickness is a common illness; it is affected when ascending to high altitude. Common symptoms are headache, fatigue, sleep disturbance, digestive problems and dizziness
Acute sickness can be prevented if you go up slowly — take it easy and give your body time to get used to the high altitude. Remember, the body has an amazing ability to acclimatize to altitude.
When one treks above 2500 m, they are affected by the altitude sickness. Altitude sickness has three forms:
1. mild altitude sickness: It is similar to hangover. This is very common, and one should take this as a warning sign of serious types: HAPE, HACE
2. HAPE: It stands for High Altitude Pulmonary Oedema which is a serious condition of the person's body. It builds up fluid in the lungs that prevents the air spaces from opening up and fills with fresh air with each breath. It becomes more progressively in lack of oxygen which may be fatal within hours.
Symptoms:
It is very difficult to determine who are affected by HAPE.
Most will suffer from an acute mountain sickness. The person coughs and may produce white or pink frothy sputum. A person will suffocate which progresses. The heartbeats may increase, the lips may turn blue, body temperature decreases. There may be discomfort in chest.

Treatment for HAPE
-To descent down is the best treatment for HAPE.
-Providing extra oxygen
-Drugs (Sildenafil Nifedipine) can also be used, but must be prescribed by trained doctors.

3. HACE High Altitude Cerebral Oedema
It is also developed form of acute mountain sickness. HACE requires urgent action because it can kill hiker easily. It can kill the suffering person in a few hours. If a person is caught with HACE, he will have difficulties walking in a straight line (heel-to-toe). Others like: severe headache, vomiting, confusion, drowsiness, irrationally or bizarrely behavior are common.
If one ignore symptoms of Acute Mountain Sickness and climbs faster, it gets developed into HACE. The cause of HACE is still unknown but factors like faster climbing, acute sickness may play a role in increasing blood flow to the brain. The blood vessels get damaged, so fluid leaks out.
To descent down is the best effective method. Others like gamow bag, portable altitude chamber or drugs can also  be used

ight: A woman with a swollen face while trekking at high altitude (Annapurna Base Camp, Nepal; 4130 m). Left: The same woman at normal altitude.

James Owen Merion Roberts –“the father of trekking” in Nepal. He was one of the great Himalayan mountains-explorers of the 20th century. In 1950 H.W. Tilman and another five compatriots; among five one was J.O. M Roberts. They trek on foot from the Kathmandu to Annapurna Massif by exploring mountain ranges.

He was born in India and joined the army; spent his early life in India. His first major expedition was in 1938 to Masherburm (7890m) - one of the highest mountain in Ghance District, Pakistan and also known as K1. In 1939 he climbs Chau Chau Kang Nilda accompanied by his Gurkhas; this creates him hallmark. This was his career turnover.

He was founder of the first trekking and mountaineering outfit Mountain Travel Nepal (1964) and trained Gurkha/Sherpa in the field of Trekking and Expedition. His first trekking organized by him Everest Base Camp in 1965. He acted as bird-collector for the British Museum and in Pokhara. His work in Nepal and Himalayas be always remarkable by trekkers in Himalayas for more. He had requested to scattered his ashes in Seti Khola which flows down from Fish Tail. 
  
Army career

His army career always had been more closed with Gurkhas soldier. In North Africa he served with the 1st battalion. In India work with Gurkha 153 Para Battalion. In 1944 he took part in Sangshak defense against the Japanese. He led first combat paratrooper jump in southeast Asia on 1 May 1945. He was posted in Malaya until 1954. He retired from the British Army in 1962 post of Lieutenant Colonel.


Climbing career 

1939; gave turnover in his career and make him hallmark.
In 1941 was his second major expedition, Dharmsura and named it as White Sail (Tos Glacier of Kullu Himalaya)
1946 Saser Kangri massif
1950 his mountaineering career began in Nepal. Roberts joined the Bill Tilman to the Annapurna massif 
1950. But this expedition was failed because of badly organized: he saw a lot of the Nepalese Mountainscape
1953 he explores three valleys: south and southwest of Everest and first ascent of Mera peak 6654 meters on 20 may with Sen Tensing
1954 his first ascent of Putha Hiunchuli 7246 meters: The Dhaulagiri group with Ang Nyima with G. Lorimer
1956 Reconnaissance of Machapuchare
1957 Led Machapuchare expedition 6993 meters: the expedition team stopped in 150 feet (46 m) unclimbed, considered as holy peak.
  [climbed fluted peak also known as single chuli: located west of Ganggapurna in Annapurna range]
1960 the army Mountaineering Association Annapurna II expedition 7937 meters and Chris Boningtion’s first major Himalayan summit
1962 Dhaulagiri 7660 meters reached 6400 meters on masking peak Dhaulagiri VI
1963 Work with American Mount Everest Expedition
1965 Dhaulagiri IV expedition Joint leader
1971 work as team with Norman Dyhrenfurth of the International Everest Expedition.

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