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Published: July 25th 2006
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Well, OK, so I only walked up to base camp but it was the longest 8+km that I've ever done!!! I'd been struggling to walk up stairs in Lhasa, which is only at 3700m - base camp is slightly higher at 5200m. The increase in elevation over the 8km wasn't too great, that said it did all happen at the end... but that combined with the altitude meant I was almost crawling along by the time I got to base...
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Well done you, I was uber amazed to see an everest trip.. Keep on treking and sending fab photos back. I think I'd rather swap places.. it's too hot here :)