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The highest I've been was Pico Veleta, and there I was already rather powerless, crawling on gravel close to 3400m.
I've done Lhasa-Kathmandu via Everest base camp. Lhasa is 3,400m, then half a dozen climbs over 5000m. When I first got to Lhasa I was finding it hard to go up steps, etc. Spent 3 days acclimatising, then flat ride, which was ok, but any small hills were hard.
Then the climbs started. Even on smooth tarmac with gentle gradients (3-5%), just gasping for air and crawling up in low gear. There was one big off-road climb (to Everest base camp) and that was really hard. While it was higher than these guys are doing, it was much better surface, shorter daily distance, not carrying gear, not trying to race, etc...
^^^ Lee Pearce - great post, really captures the nature of the hell he is in. He was one of the leaders - can't imagine how hard the slower guys will find it
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The highest I've been was Pico Veleta, and there I was already rather powerless, crawling on gravel close to 3400m. Days and days of something rougher than that. Jealous.