Interested in trekking to Annapurna Base Camp
I got injured at the age of 16 and damaged my right knee ligament. I had a surgery. After gaining strength, I started playing again and that damaged the reconstruction. And now, at the age of 34, with regular exercise, I have got some strength again. Now I can run and jump to catch a moving bus and even a train.
Can I trek to Annapurna Base Camp at 4130 meter by walking 6 hrs daily for 10 days?
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With that given information we can't tell if you can do it. I, for example had an knee surgery too while playing soccer some years ago. Still I am driving to work by bike regularly and I am doing other sports. And I am hiking and climbing. So yes, for myself I can decide and I would be pretty sure I could do it.
But how should we say that for you? Are you doing any sport? If you are just running 1 minute to catch a train say once a week, then I wouldn't suggest to fly to Nepal just to notice a day later that you don't have the endurance. Walking 10 days each day 6 hours isn't easy. So please, do yourself a favour and start in your local hills or even in the city to run slowly for a decent amount of time. You even don't have to run, you can start by hiking two hours on Sundays for example. Then you do it on two days. Then you increase the length of the hike...
You get the point. Maybe you notice after 2 weeks that it's very easy for you and you have good stamina. Maybe you don't. Just try it out by yourself, the internet can't give you an answer.
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A short run is not even close to 6 hours with a pack.
If you are not mobile and have to be extracted it could get expensive.
Take some back to back long days with a full pack and see how you feel.
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