Ok so today I finished my latest outing, 2 day, approx 5/6 km (in you make a straight line on a map, if you count the trail length with all the curves it’s probably 8 idk) with 1500m elevation gain, so it was all fucking vertical, went from a village at 1300m to the top of a mountain at 2800m.
My pack was 33lbs/15kg, but the last part it was 44lbs/20kg bc I had to haul some dirty water bags to purify for later.
It was very tiring and I think it was a bit out of my league, I mean I managed to do it but I underestimated it, I originally planned to cross the mountain, walk some more, and come back, while getting to the top was already very difficult, so in the end I stopped there the first day evening and then came back the next day.
You may say 8km is short but if you combine it with the elevation it was fucking vertical.
Was with another guy that brought a tent so I slept in one for the first time, I usually sleep on the ground with the mat and bag and maybe bivy or tarp.
Had to find a “comfortable” rock to sleep that was flat, big and level enough.
On the last part of the return we go off trail accidentally so we had to move through random deadfall in high inclination until we reached an open space with no trees near the starting village and reconnected with the trail.