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[quote=Anonymous]I did it in 2011 when I was 41. I was working in Nepal at the time, but was in an area with no hills, etc. beforehand so I trained 2 months before by running/walking for 2 hours after work in Nepal every day and ended the sessions with all out sprints. Also put weights in a backpack and walked up stairs.

The hike includes a lot of walking up rocks like stairs (stair climbing) and then gentle valleys and going up and down. I bought hiking shoes, down jacket, hiking pants, etc at REI and in Nepal.

Our guide purposefully made us go slow so we would not get altitude sickness, so we talked along the way, took photos, etc. I took altitude sickness pills every day, but got sick on walk back from base camp at 17,500 feet. I decreased altitude that day, and kept decreasing it the next day and it went away. However, very fit people we met had to take a helicopter out. We used a porter, but we carried our own water thermos (drank boiled water). Be prepared to not take a shower for a week and no running water at last place near base camp.

I think we went in late March/April which was perfect weather and very few hikers. Everest peak hikers start in April. However, a group coming down before us had run into a blizzard and heavy snow at base camp.[/quote]

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