How to Climb Your First 6,000m Peak

November 27, 2020

A Blog Post by AC General Manager Suze Kelly.

Climbing at high altitude is not on everyone’s bucket list but it is a very rewarding activity and physical endurance achievement. There’s something about being up high above 5,000m, the air seems thinner, you can somehow see further and that feeling of being ‘on the edge’ is palpable. Plus climbing above 6,000m always involves travel to the Himalaya chain of mountains in Asia or the Andes in South America so you have an adventure, climbing and travel to explore a new culture and land all rolled into one journey. What could be more perfect!

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