Disclaimer | keitreks

keitreks publishes first-hand and measured trek-preparation content. It is written to help you plan. It is not professional advice, and it cannot replace judgement on the ground.

Not medical or safety advice

Nothing on this site is medical advice. Altitude sickness, cold injury, and the physical demands of trekking can be serious or fatal. Content about acclimatisation, training, cramping, and health is general education, not a treatment plan or a substitute for a doctor, a qualified guide, or official rescue services. Before you trek, consult a medical professional about your own situation — especially with any heart condition, respiratory condition, pregnancy, or prior injury.

Trekking carries real risk

Mountains are hazardous. Weather, avalanche, rockfall, altitude, remoteness, and your own decisions all carry risk that no article can remove. You are responsible for your own safety and choices. Where we describe a route, a grade, or a hazard, treat it as a starting point to verify — not a guarantee of conditions on the day.

Numbers, and how current they are

Where we publish measured figures — distances, elevations, heart rate, timings — they come from a GPS track, a device recording, or a cited source, and we say which. Conditions, prices, permit rules, and routes change. We date our pages and correct them when we learn something is wrong, but you must confirm anything safety- or money-critical against a current primary source before you rely on it.

Where we haven't been yet

keitreks is honest about first-hand status. Some pages are researched or drawn from a single interview rather than walked by us, and they say so. We do not claim to have walked what we haven't.

Affiliate links

Some links are affiliate links; see the disclosure below and our terms. We only point to gear we would use ourselves, but a recommendation is still not a substitute for choosing what's right for you.

Affiliate disclosure

Some outbound links on keitreks are affiliate links. If you buy through one, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. This never changes what we recommend or what we publish — we recommend what we'd carry ourselves, and we flag where a paid option sits next to a free alternative. Affiliate income does not decide our conclusions.