96 km walk if you want to go to Mansarovar

From this year the walking track will cover 96 km ( 76 km lat year) if you are planning to go to Mansarovar yatra.  Only fir person can think of going there. The travel involves walking and climbing to high altitude. For those who can not adopt to this much exertion should think of taking Amar nath ki yatra of Yamonitri-gangotri- kedarnath- Badrinath yatra. You do not drive your car to a long distance without a servicing of the car the same is true for the human body. Get it cjceked up and if fit only than plan a travel to mansarover.

Making the Kailash–Mansarovar Yatra safe

Preventing mountain sickness

1. An altitude over 3,000 meters (9,843 feet) is usually defined as high altitude.
2. Acute mountain sickness (AMS) depends on the elevation, the rate of ascent and individual susceptibility.
3. Most visitors suffer from some symptoms that will generally disappear through acclimatization in several hours to several days.
4. Symptoms are worse at night and include headache, dizziness, lethargy, loss of appetite, nausea, breathlessness and irritability. Difficulty sleeping is another common symptom, and many travelers have trouble sleeping for the first few days.
5. AMS can be very serious, with the most serious symptoms being High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) and High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE), which can be fatal. Symptoms of HAPE include weakness, shortness of breath, even at rest, impending suffocation at night, and a persistent productive cough with white, watery, or frothy fluid. Symptoms of HPCE may include headache, ataxia, weakness, hallucinations, psychotic behavior, coma and loss of memory. Both approach and strike at night and can be fatal! Immediate descent is the surest treatment.
6. A gradual ascent allows the body to acclimatize to higher altitudes and the decreased oxygen supply.
The formula is to give a night halt between 7000 to 10,000 feet; night halt for every 1500 feet climb and full day halt for every 3000 feet climb thereafter.
7. Medication also helps to prevent AMS.
8. One should avoid exercise in the first few days. Attempt to do only half of your activities on the first day while your body is working to acclimatize to higher altitude oxygen conditions.
9. No alcohol in the first few days.
10. No smoking.
11. Drink enough water each day so that your urine runs clear.
12. Make sure you get enough calories. Low cal diets at high altitudes can sabotage health. A well nourished body can adjust to changes better than an undernourished one can. One should take high carb diet.
13. One should avoid taking tranquilizers and sleeping pills. These will depress the respiratory drive and limit oxygen intake.
14. Prophylactic drugs are acetazolamide, nifedipine etc.

Making the Kailash–Mansarovar Yatra safe

Known as the abode of Lord Shiva and his consort Goddess Parvati, Kailash Mansarovar is set in the remote mountains of western Tibet. The snow–clad Mt. Kailash is situated at an altitude of 22,228 ft (6,714 m) and is regarded as the world’s most sacred place. The pilgrimage is a 53 km-walk around the Kailash. It is the spiritual center for four great religions: Tibetan Buddhism, Hinduism, the Jain religion and the pre Buddhist animistic religion – Bonpo. The Mansarovar Lake is one of the holiest, captivating, stimulating, famous and the most ancient lake known to the civilization. It is the source of four great rivers: the Indus, the Sutlej, the Brahmaputra and the Karnali. The Kailash Mansarovar Yatra involves trekking at high altitudes up to 19,500 feet, under inhospitable conditions including extreme cold and rugged terrain and hence demands good health and physical fitness. The travel may prove hazardous for those who are not physically or medically fit.

People with problems of hypertension, diabetes, heart ailments, epilepsy and asthma should avoid this journey or consult their doctor before planning to undertake the Yatra.
One should start the physical fitness program several weeks before starting the journey. Walking, hiking and backpacking over rugged terrain are the best ways to prepare for a trek. Any regular regime of strenuous aerobic exercise is also beneficial as also running, swimming and cycling prior to departure.
Only citizens who are over 18 years old are allowed to travel.
The duration of the pilgrimage is 26 days.
Medical tests include: Hb, TLC, DLC, ESR, platelet count, blood sugar (F & PP), BLOOD urea, creatinine, serum bilurubin & SGOT–SGPT, blood group, lipid profile, urine R/E, chest X–ray, treadmill test, ECG, pulmonary function tests (Optional) and stress–echo–test (if recommended by doctor).
One should take appropriate quantities of the right medicines for a wide variety of ailments: Your personal medicines + antibiotics for stomach infection, chest infection etc, breathing/heart and BP related problems, diarrhea, vomiting and body–pain related oral medicines and topical ointments, anti allergic drugs.
Women’s hygiene products and medicines
Doctor’s certificate: Pulse rate, height, weight, respiratory rate, blood pressure, current ailment, past ailments, allergies if any, drugs on, prophylactic drugs list.