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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think if you have active kids they will be fine with the altitude.

2 years ago I took my then 4 and 9 year olds to Colorado for a 4 day backpacking trip at about 8500 feet and they were fine.  They were carrying light bags and we only averaged about 4 miles a day so it wasn't super challenging as far as back-packing goes but they had no trouble with the elevation but both kids are pretty active.

I on the other hand struggled a bit but I was carrying a 40 pound pack and am not in as good of shape as my kids at this point.[/quote]

I disagree with this - I ran track in college and post-college was a marathon runner and still got altitude sick in Peru at around age 23.  I don't believe I got very sick at 8500 feet (& not until we got to a certain high height in the Rockies), but more around 10,000 feet.  
I went with 3 adults (all 23-24 y/o) to Cusco / Macchu Picchu - two got sick with altitude, and 1 didn't.  I don't know that you have any way to tell in advance what group you would fall in, until you get to a high altitude.  We spent about 3 days in Cusco acclimating to altitude until we did the 4 day hike as I previously mentioned.  We were fine by the hike.  But I was out of breath eating dinner in Cusco for the first few days.  [/quote]

This is true but there is a difference between those elevations where oxygen really starts to thin out - which happen to be the elevation differences between Cuzco and Machu Picchu.  So go early and spend a couple of days in Cuzco first and you'll be fine at the lower elevations of Machu Pichu.[/quote]

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