The difficult job of a Porter
In the mountains it is difficult to walk with heavy baggage on your back and especially when you are climbing at an altitude where the oxygen level is dropping. During the trek, I had 2 people assisting me all through out. One was the guide and the other one the porter. Without both of them I can easily say, this trek would have never been possible to complete.
All through out the path, al those who were on the trek had a porter to carry their luggage. As per their government rule, the porter can carry upto 25 kgs bags and not more then that. Normally the porter carries bags of 2 people and the allowed weight for each bag is 10 kgs. Since I was doing a solo trek, my porter had to carry only my bag and I made sure that my weight did not exceed 10 kgs. Though he told me, it would be ok if I have little extra, but I was already feeling bad looking at him carry that weight and climb.
The best part was, with that weight he was much faster then me in climbing and he moved up so effortlessly, where as I was slowly gradually climbing. These porters and guides are so used to the path and the climate that for them it is not at all difficult, but when you look at them you feel bad because we are not used to such environments.
I would see that most of these porters would move up together and they would also take breaks at regular intervals. They do not walk with us, they keep moving and they reach the lodge before us and get our rooms ready. By the time we reach the lodge the bag is in the room and the room is all set up.
As we were gaining height, I would see that even they were finding it difficult but yet they moved faster then us. Such a difficult job it is that these people are doing and probably there are not many job opportunities in that region so this is taken up. Ideally a porter over a period of time becomes a tour guide and then if the person is smart then they also start their own company. That's what my tour operator did. He started as a porter and now he own his own tour company which organizes the trek and other tours in the region.
In this region the only way goods are moved are by people or animals. Helicopters are also there, but they cater to only major stops and the in-between smaller stops are not attended by them. I wonder what all jobs in the world people do for a living, and we complaint in our 9 to 5 airconditioned offices job.
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Thank you for the additional information ma'am. It was my first to know about them. Yeah, true ma'am. If you look at the people around working under the sun, it's not easy. We have no right to complain if we are working under the roof. It's a blessing to be appreciated.😊
There are so many people out there doing these tough jobs and to think of it because of them doing these tough jobs a lot of it gets easier for us. So real kudos to them
Yes ma'am.😊 Their efforts are appreciated. 😊
They are still lucky to have tourists like you @nainaztengra. Their job is not easy, but having a nice and kind guest like you would be their wish.
Everyone should be kind towards people who are doing these tough jobs because only because of them our activity becomes easy, else I cannot imagine myself completing this trek with all that baggage on me.
The job of porters is in those mountains is definitely going to be tough. Carrying heavy bags at high altitudes seems almost impossible for me, but they do it so effortlessly. We really should appreciate such hard work more often. Thanks for sharing this dearest !PIZZA !HUG !WINE
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True and I did see that they also would get tired, they would take breaks and then again continue
It's good they do that, they definitely need a time to relax
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I’m sure people had fun climbing the mountains
The pictures look good and I’m glad you enjoyed the adventure
Oh yes people have fun only because the difficult job is being taken care by some of these mountain people
The path is so challenging Ma'am @nainaztengra I hope a lot of tourists coming on the area so that people on that place can earn money for their food and other needs
That's right it's a circle, they earn their livelihoods with these jobs, else it would be difficult for them to sustain in their place.
They must have quite an interesting job, always being outdoors, meeting people from all over the world, and seeing the changes-of-seasons on the mountains so intimately! How did you communicate with them? Do they speak Hindi (or one of the other languages of India) or did you use English, or maybe you speak a little Nepali?
You are right, while their job is difficult, they enjoy it because they are meeting so many new people every day, also they get very good tips for their tough job. They would speak hindi, English, Nepalis all of these languages. Communication is not a challenge with them, some of them also know other foreign languages, so a guide is assigned based on the trekkers language.