My dad and I originally planned to hike solo to base camp. My dad is 65 and I was a bit worried about carrying all of our owb stuff and still making it to base camp. We ended up just booking a guide with no porter but the guide was great and helped my dad carry his pack when he was struggling. We made it all the way to base camp and back in about 13 days. Was a great trip and glad I decided to at least get a guide to help gwt us there.
