Turns out “the climb” was about 600 meters vertical (1,970 feet) over a little less than 3Km (1.8 miles). Hence Michael left out a few stairs, stairs, stairs, stairs and more stairs. Somhow tt only took us 1.5 hours on the climb with all the rest stops. We did worked a “slight” sweat yet some how our guide was not even breathing heavy and did not sweat. So we asked him what he did to train. He said nothing but walk. Then he told us before he got his guide license he was a very low paid porter (I wonder just how low paid he was as we paid him just under $14USD for the day as a guide). In that job he would carry 20-25Kgs (45-55lbs) of his clients gear plus all of his own stuff on 20 day long treks. These would involve walking between 6-8 hours each day and over passes that where 5000+ meters (16,400 feet) in the cold and snow.
The real shocker was the next day we did not have any blisters or sore muscles.
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