the himalayas
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When I was in the Andes a couple of months ago I climbed a volcano in Equador (http://www.andes.org.uk/peak-in... which took me up to 17,500 ft (just over 6000m). I stayed above 4000m for the week before hand, which had me waking up in the middle of the night to throw up from the altitude sickness. It fucked me up properly for 3 days (both ends kinda stuff).
By the time we climbed I was ok, but Jesus it was hard. Like I'm pretty fit (ish), but fuck me.
Altitude though has nothing to do with fitness though as such, its the amount of oxygen you can carry around your body, i.e the higher amount of red blood cells and wider veins the better. So really you won't know until you get there.
If you have ever given blood and you take ages to fill a pint, be warned, you'll struggle.
Other than that you'll love it. I'm thinking of heading that way when I leave Australia, so tell us what it's like.