yes up over 10000 feet
it gets cold.
a good down jacket and a beanie and gloves and youll be straight
north face "NUPTSE" jacket is good like 150.00 on sale

the trail is easy.the hard part is getting away from yourself
kids,work,comforts,......all that shit must be left behind [sort of]
all day long all you do is think and walk and smoke and take pictures

something very i guess you could say spiritual about being thirsty
i mean real real down to your core thirsty
thne you find water and it tastes so sweet and you can feel
it traveling thru your body and you turn and look and a deer
is doing the same shit as you.....kind of humbling ...you feel a connection

from what i learned last attempt
im not taking much...no books,no extra clothes,
you hardly eat as much as you imagine you would
peanuts and raisins help out alot
gatorade mix sucks compared to propel
if you can start hiking by 6am at 2mph by 12pm youd have 12 miles
done and can hike more or have time to explore the area [climb peaks]

im going again and it would be fun if this did turn out
i did it solo and i seen a lot of groups having fun