It was an amazing experience! From basecamp to the South Summit is about 20km that is covered over 4 days with separate camps set up in advance by the sherpas along the way, safe to say that would be the most punishing 20km of your life!
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Uff, that does sound like quite a struggle. I bet the journey to base camp is just as worthwhile :)
It's quite an amazing trek. From the start to the actual base camp is close to 45km of hiking and worth every second
Wow, how many days did that take?
Up and down was 12 days total but that's taking a few stops to acclimatize to the altitude. The locals will do that distance in 3 days carrying huge packs (50-60kg) worth of various supplies.
That's a long journey, but I bet you cannot grow tired of the view :P 3 days, wow they must be in such good shape.