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hastur777 t1_j4ns53k wrote

Reply to comment by gustav316 in TIL Porters bringing tourists up 5,895m high Mt Kilimanjaro experience health issues caused by high altitude sickness. Their wages are fixed at $10 a day (some paid $6), while carrying 20 kilograms of baggage and camping gearing on the head by Ok_Copy5217

You realize you paid him about a months worth of income?

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gustav316 t1_j4nsf4x wrote

Yes, they were fantastic and there were two of us. I have no regrets about it and they deserved it.

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hastur777 t1_j4nsilt wrote

Fair enough - seems like it was well warranted.

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AnthillOmbudsman t1_j4o3h5h wrote

I would hate to be the person that came along after OP and tipped the recommended rate... the porters would probably give me the stink eye.

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obroz t1_j4oj28x wrote

Nah. That’s not how tipping works

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gustav316 t1_j4o3y0l wrote

I did it in two tranches for that reason and did the second one in private where as the first part I paid with everyone else at the standard rate.

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