So, I totally escalated a simple statement at work this morning

My coworker asks me if I might know what it would cost to hike Mount Everest
No I don't
That's when she responds, about $1,500 plus the cost of airfare to that part of the world...and adds that she and another coworker are contemplating making this trip
💭 🤔
I immediately declare that I will join them, and then I went around recruiting others 💪

Will I go?
Maybe.
Would I want to go with them?
Sure.
Do I want to hike Everest.
Hell yeah I do
I love a strong challenge

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WillaKissing · 56-60

I hope you do some elevation training and hiking before you go, mountaineering training as well. Hate to see a bunch of folks showing up unprepared thinking it is a walk up a steep hill. It would suck to get between 2800 and 4000 feet and get elevation sickness let alone freezing to death and not being prepared mentally and physically for that kind of challenge.

Ferric67 · M

@WillaKissing if I commit, I am prepared to do all necessary training
And I'll hold my coworkers accountable for there's too

WillaKissing · 56-60

@Ferric67 You better, that is a serious task and less a very small number of the trained who try it make it.

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Ynotisay · M

@Ferric67 I'm really curious. What's the highest elevation you've been to with a pack? What's your longest time out on a backpacking trip?

Ferric67 · M

@Ynotisay not nearly enough to what is necessary for this journey, that is why if I commit I will seriously train...and it may be a two to three year out endeavor that I will be undertaking.
I'm a patient dude, I can put in the work in and earn the results I sow

Ynotisay · M

@Ferric67 Gotcha. But just to toss this out there, you may want to strongly consider getting up high first though.Training and fitness has nothing to do with mountain sickness or high-altitude edemas. I live at 7K and some get sick even getting up just that high. You don't know until you do it. I'm ok with elevation but my partner can only get to, almost exactly, 11.5K before it hits her. It's a trip. And it can get dangerous fast. I've walked strangers down when I've come across them suffering. No fun. That's why there's a series of ups and downs on big mountains to acclimatize.And it takes a while. Gas doesn't usually kick in until around 22K. So you may want to try to get someplace with some real elevation just to get a taste of how your body will respond before your commit money. And it's one of those things where you won't know until you're there. Good luck.