About
keitreks runs on measured, first-hand data — a real trek recorded on a GPS watch, read against what experienced hikers actually see on the trail. That only means anything if you know whose experience it is. So here's the honest split: who writes, who recorded the track, and who walked it.
Author & analyst
Kei writes and analyses the guides for keitreks, under RaceHuman. The measured data comes from named contributors on the trail; Kei's job is to read the GPS file against their testimony and publish what it actually shows — including where the evidence disagrees with the received wisdom. Kei's own first-hand walk is the Annapurna Circuit in November 2026; until then every route is clearly marked by who recorded it and who walked it.
Ohana trip leader · recorded the ABC track
Kani is an Ohana trip leader, and recorded the Annapurna Base Camp track keitreks is built on: a COROS GPS watch, 19–24 October 2025, capturing GPS position, barometric elevation and heart rate at one-second sampling — 57,960 points across the six days. The distances, climbs and heart-rate figures on the ABC pages are Kani's recording.
Recorded the EBC track
Nashriq recorded the Everest Base Camp track keitreks is built on: a Garmin watch, 2–11 November 2025, capturing GPS, barometric elevation and heart rate — 62,107 points across eleven stage files. He was among the fitter members of the group, so his numbers are read as the fast tail, not the average.
Experienced mountaineer · first-hand testimony
Kak Yaa is an experienced mountaineer who has handled around 200 trekking groups worldwide for Ohana — Nepal (40+ trips), Mount Kinabalu (60+), China (30+), Indonesia (40+) and Indochina (10+) — both on the ground and remotely, as part of admin and group support. She is not a licensed guide (Ohana contracts a licensed Nepali guide for the trail), and she was not on the specific trips keitreks recorded — Kani walked the Annapurna Base Camp track, Nashriq the Everest Base Camp files. Her role here is first-hand testimony drawn from that experience: what actually happens to people on the route (where the trek breaks people, why 80–90% cramp on the Chhomrong steps), interviewed in July 2026 and attributed throughout. Disclosure: she is listed as a contact for Ohana Travel & Tours.