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Hi Katy
I did this trek a few years ago and it is Excellent !! No climbing involved and I would say that I am overly fit ;-)
I started trekking at Jiri – up to Kala Patar then went up to Gokyo on the way down and then flew out of Lukla – a total of 28 days on the hill.
If you did this route then as long as you are Reasonably fit the you shouldn’t have any major problems, Don’t try and do to much to early and you will gain fitness as you go.
Then once you have got as far as Namche Bazaar you will have to slow your pace down to a maximum height gain of 1,000 feet (300 metres) per day to avoid being at risk of AMS. So in effect you are then only walking half days.
Unfortunately I haven’t written this trek up on my travel pages but I have written up the ABC trek which will give you an idea as the terrain and accommodation are of a similar standard + Hotel and Restaurant tips around Nepal IF you want to take a look

My Nepal Trips

Happy Trekking
Rob

Its a popular trek and many people do it. With your fitness level you should have no problems. Take the risk of altitude sickness seriously. Oct-Nov is the best time to go although there can be a lot of people then.

I haven't been travelling in AGES and my feet are so painfully itchy I think I've got chilblains.

Thanks for your tips - I'm definitely gonna have a look into it and possibly combine a trek to Everest Base Camp with a few weeks in India.

Can't wait!

xx

Into-thin-air - did you do the trek independently or did you go with an organised group?
Cheers,
Katy

EVERYONE, IGNORE #5. They are advertising. The original poster did not ask for an agency or guide at this point, and it is inappropriate to give out emails or websites in these public forums. If anyone is interested, I have a friend over there with a company that probably does better than tej2007's. But, I never give out his contact information, except for on emails or private messages.

Apart from the altitude, it's an easy trek, it follows a valley, thery are no high passes. I trekked it alone, although I didn't visit the base camp itself (due to bad weather). There are several possible detours. This was 10 years ago, in the past most trekkers used to do it independently, but things have changed.

I guess I'd prefer to go with a group cos I don't know if I'd be confident to do it alone, and also I'm hoping to meet people to travel with afterwards, though if I don't meet anyone to travel with then that's ok too.

burntfoot - I take it there was another post before yours that got deleted?

Yes, there was. I'm glad that they are starting to delete those people advertise. About twice a week I post something similar to complain about people trying to sell their (or their agency's) services. Either here or in the Indian Subcontinent forum.

I found it funny Burntfoot asking us to ignore himself...

EBC trek is comparable to hillwalking, physically. If you can walk 15 miles a day with a light pack back home, you can confidently go trekking the EBC. Practising for the altitude is more difficult, and really there is no point to it. Just go to Khumbu and proceed slowly like all prudent trekkers do. You can never know what your personal acclimatization abilities are, the only way to find out is to go there and try (well, you could have some expencive DNA test done which might give some pointers, though). And even if you are a lousy acclimatizer you would still get to see Everest and awesome mountain scenery and have a great time.

) Even the worst acclimatizer I know have made it to Tengpoche at least, a tad shy of 4000m.