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Sunday 12th November 2006
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I didn’t sleep at all, probably the altitude.
I’ll start Diamox tonight and see if that helps.
I was glad when our sherpas banged on the door for our wake up
call. Every day follows the
same pattern; black tea at 6.30am, a small basin of warm water at 7am
and down for breakfast, trek bags packed and ready for the yaks at
7.30am. It would be very
civilised except for the bitter cold and the fact that Carole and I are
useless at packing and are always last for breakfast. Today was to be the second hardest day after the climb of Gokyo-Ri, with a seven hour climb to Namche Bazaar, the last two hours being quite steep. I was tired but was soon enjoying the walking and we stopped at a tea house for lunch, Carole and I both settling for a vegetable omelette. While we waited two small children amused us by picking flowers which they presented to the girls, until their mother appeared from the lodge and scolded them. They then climbed into the terrace garden above us and serenaded us for about 10 minutes with songs, probably nursery rhymes. They were cute and everyone enjoyed the show.
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Old bridge |
Dhud Kosi |
The naughty children |
Mani Stones |
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about two hours of walking I suddenly started to sweat profusely and
lost all power from my legs. I
dropped to the back and then further back again.
Suddenly I started to retch and the climb became very difficult
for me. I'm pretty sure this was another irritating symptom of
altitude sickness as I did not feel sick like you do with food
poisoning, where you get waves of nausea. I was exhausted and felt ill by the time we
got to Namche. We walked
down the steep trail to the picturesque little town but I hardly noticed
it. I didn’t go to dinner
but went straight to bed where I slept like a log.
Sleeping’s easy!
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Namche Bazaar |
Above Namche |
Panorama of Namche Bazaar |
