One of the first things to strike you when walking on the Everest Base Camp trail is the porters or guys carrying large packs on their backs, These can be anything from food to drink to anything that will be needed further up the trail, The trail does not allow for any motorized vehicles so its either yak, horse or human, We watched a young guy carrying bottles of water and tried to estimate the amount of bottle and then estimate the weight, We calculated that the weight on his back was more than himself, How can they do this day after day, Mile after mile and at altitude as well, Here is an article on that very fact
Nepalese porters
You will never moan about the increase in cost of a bottle of water as you get higher after watching these guys carrying it up
Dave
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