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Author’s camp below the Kanda La (Trek 8); if trekking independently you will need to carry all your camping equipment as well as food for most of the trek

Trekking without a guide or a horseman is possible, but is a demanding choice. It is both physically and mentally hard. If trekking alone in remote areas you will usually need to carry much more than 20kg on your back, and it will be a tough routine of early wake-ups, packing, cooking and so on. You will depend on no one, but also there will be no one there to help you. Finding the way is not always easy; the path will be precipitous; rivers will be cold and hard to cross.

Carrying your rucksack all day gets tiring. You will need to learn your physical limits and find the strength to keep going. You will be alone for hours at night and sometimes even for a few long days. You will be totally cut off from the modern world. However, no other style of trek will teach you so much about yourself, give you so much experience and probably so much satisfaction!