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Type 1: Everest Base Camp

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Richard_Pratt

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Type of diabetes
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Hi all.

I am wondering if anyone has any advise in doing Everest Base Camp as a Diabetic type 1.

I am quiet fit and think I could do this but I worry about the insulin etc etc.

And secondly do you know anyone that I could do this as a charity event ? You know like they organise everything and you have to get a certain amount.

Any advise would be great.

Thanks in advance
 
Fabulous, I admire you greatly for wanting to do this. I ski at high altitudes so up to 3000 metres and the only issue I have is lack of hypo awareness so keep my meter close to my skin to keep it warm and use jelly babies if low. I appreciate at base camp you are higher but would follow same advice in keeping your testing kit and pens under your thermals and near to skin so they don't get too cold and so that your meter doesn't get error messages as meters can be prone to this if too cold. Good luck finding a route to getting there ;)
 
In my younger days, I did a bit of mountaineering, met lots of experienced climbers. I worked (in a outdoor experience centre) with a Nepalese guy who was a Hymalayan guide, he was the fittest, healthiest person I have ever met. His stories were great, lots of photos, he said it was very very hard that even base camps had challenges. If you do a charity one, you will be in the foothills base camps. He said it was best to do several trips to get used to the conditions, the higher you go the harder it is, so some people should going for 3/4 years before trying anything very difficult.
Mr shar67's mother did the Hindu Kush Himalayan trek after she had cancer, she took a year of training to get her fitness up but did it, loved it so she wanted to do Machu Picchu in the Andes.
Have you thought of doing some in Britain first, Ben Nevis is great, there is this
https://www.timeoutdoors.com/challenges/charity-walks
 
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