Lulls to base camp as a 17 year old
Hey! I’m from Germany and have always loved the mountains. There’s a teen travel group that will hike from lukla to the Everest base camp in around 16 days I think, it’s a 22 night trip with total of 4 planned non hike dedicated days (before and after).
Fact is, I’ve always been a little skinny but I’ve been playing tennis and skiing every winter for pretty much my entire life now. The only actually hike I have done was Festvagtind on the Lofoten which I’ve rushed so quickly (note during last years heat wave) that I ran out of water and had to cancel mid hike.
Last February I’ve been to the alps from 0-3600m in a day and 4000m on the next day in Zermatt and I didn’t really feel any problem with the oxygen at all. My father said that he did feel the height.
So my question is how difficult is the hike actually? Will I have enough CLEAN food and water on the way (Yes I would bring medication especially against stomach flu nonetheless)? Is there anything I should think about before doing the trip? It’d most certainly be on trip of a lifetime for me, and cool ofc.
Appreciate any advice!