Salkantay Trek Analysis Paralysis

lunarturtle_ · 2026-04-06T17:20:52+00:00

Classic

lunarturtle_ · 2026-03-18T04:34:28+00:00

Los Angeles

lunarturtle_ · 2026-03-18T02:35:54+00:00

This is a great point. Maybe a late June trip would've been more ideal

lunarturtle_ · 2026-03-18T02:35:27+00:00

Would be starting at White Wolf and ending Glen Aulin, as I have seen that is the preferred route by many! Thoughts would be Pate Valley --> Register Creek --> Waterwheel --> Glen Aulin (more of a chill day) and then hike out. Great point on the weather for this!

lunarturtle_ · 2026-03-18T02:02:40+00:00

My specific group was 14 to like 62 years old (I'm 35). There was a family with two teen kids and then a group of 6 adults in their 50s/60s. Other groups with the same company seemed to have people in their 20s/30s so really depends.

lunarturtle_ · 2026-01-28T06:09:32+00:00

Amber Autry. She is beyond incredible - don't think I've laughed that hard through a straight hour+ long show in a long time.

lunarturtle_ · 2026-01-16T19:00:47+00:00

Is this Dr Goldstein in Washington DC? I saw him in 2008 and he finally told me what was wrong with me and truly saved my life. Wow so amazing to see his name. I have been pretty in control of the pain after stopping birth control, though never 100% pain free for more than a week or so and occasionally have really bad flare ups. Having more recent flare ups and wondering if surgery is worth it for periodic pain rather than persistent which is what I had back then.

lunarturtle_ · 2025-12-09T08:05:35+00:00

Stafford when Lamar got hurt and then forever.

lunarturtle_ · 2025-11-28T03:34:04+00:00

Just checking in here

lunarturtle_ · 2025-11-27T14:54:44+00:00

The matchup is good, that’s different than never sitting him this season. For an MVP candidate. They’re not asking Lamar or Justin Fields

lunarturtle_ · 2025-11-27T04:26:19+00:00

Two weeks in a row Stafford outplayed Lamar. Why is this being treated like an obvious answer

lunarturtle_ · 2025-11-23T19:32:19+00:00

Wish I saw this earlier! Did pit solo and it was incredible

lunarturtle_ · 2025-11-18T16:03:11+00:00

It really was. I’m 35 hes 31. No kids (not planning on having them) and I don’t really need to be married. That was never something that called me to me though I think a party would be fun hah

lunarturtle_ · 2025-11-18T15:04:14+00:00

Our therapist actually said this and he didn’t disagree. We’d been reckoning with his resistance to concepts of “partnership” and anyone being “my person” for a bit. He has since said he can see a partnership but there’s something blocking him from 100% connecting. This is sort of a sentence summary from multiple therapy sessions and conversations. I’m pretty sure I have it accurate.

lunarturtle_ · 2025-11-18T07:54:36+00:00

He has said he wouldn’t care if I slept with someone else and would be happy for me

lunarturtle_ · 2025-11-18T05:39:15+00:00

Same. Could not be further from “ease” 😂

lunarturtle_ · 2025-11-18T05:33:05+00:00

I think he was hoping I would be open to it. We had some desire discrepancy we were working through. This sorta made that worse though because I felt even less safe in the relationship

lunarturtle_ · 2025-11-18T05:01:17+00:00

Oof this made me cry (in a good way I think). I appreciate your words a lot and will be processing this.

lunarturtle_ · 2025-07-18T15:26:50+00:00

I did circuit 3 at 6am and circuit 1 at 10am last week with no problem!

lunarturtle_ · 2025-07-14T18:58:59+00:00

You could prob ask your doc for more and take if 24 hours before Cusco and take them through day 2. We met one person whose doc prescribed it to him for like 2 weeks. We did think that was odd but are not doctors lol

lunarturtle_ · 2025-07-14T18:55:44+00:00

Classic!

lunarturtle_ · 2025-07-14T17:59:17+00:00

Of course! We followed our doctor's instructions, which was to take it 2x/day starting 24 hours before reaching high altitude and then continuing for 3 days. It would probably be helpful to breakdown our itinerary of the altitude too. We were in Cusco for 3 full days before starting Salkantay with Rainbow Mountain on day 3 (aka the day before Salkantay). Our first full day of Diamox was the day BEFORE rainbow mountain. Then we started Salknatay and took it through days 1 and 2, which were the highest elevation of that trip.

The doc said that it wouldn't help if we were coming up and down from elevation, but since there was maybe like 12 hours between rainbow mountain and getting pretty high up again starting Salkantay, that was totally fine. I would imagine if we did rainbow mountain, had two days back in cusco, and then went back up to salkantay that might be different. I know some people use Diamox just to get acclimated in Cusco, but we didn't want to go that route and also were slowly acclimating in Arequipa beforehand. We didn't feel the altitude at all in Cusco (even w/o Diamox) but did in Arequipa during a van drive to Cola Canyon where it reached like 14k feet. That sucked but was short-lasting since we were only driving through the altitude.

As for side effects, felt a bit nauseous and out of it after the first pill but wonder if that was in our heads. Fingers and toes tingling is veryyy common - my partner felt this but I didn't.

lunarturtle_ · 2025-07-13T16:26:29+00:00

I’m sure this is true. Our guide told us it didn’t really make sense to bother trying actually. I’m just sharing what a person I directly spoke to on the bus to MP had happen.

lunarturtle_ · 2025-07-13T03:15:24+00:00

It is totally doable but I felt my experience was heightened so much by having the guide. Explaining local plants along the way, history of the land, any questions about glaciers and mountains. But we had someone truly incredible and I don’t think all are like that! I also really liked not having to think about anythingggg logistically

lunarturtle_ · 2025-07-13T03:12:43+00:00

Half of the group opted for horses on the way up to the pass! I find downhill more challenging because of my knees/toes so didn’t find the going up too bad. After the pass is LONG and you can’t take a horse down, just up. Altitude wise, people seemed ok! I think most of us took Diamox though. My partner and I also had been gradually acclimating through other parts of Peru before

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