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Asia, part VII: Nepal

Richard Rosss
2006-04-03 13:48:19

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Marathon finish. 35 guys had been training for weeks to acclimatise to be able to run from Base camp to Namche. We watched the winner come in at 3.5hrs...astounding, considering the heights and difficulty of the trail. Sat and watched these guys arrive over the next few hrs...I think the last guy did in 8hrs!

The following day we climbed to Tengboche at 3885m. Here there is a Buddhist monastery and a great restaurant. We sat and watched the locals try to build a marquee for the 29/5 celebrations here (150 folks attending including Peter Hillary [son]) Got some great views of Everest then chatted to Peter for a while. Chatted to his nice daughter (Edmund's grand-daughter) for a while, but she was too young and ozzie! Mixing with the cream now! I walked past Messner also - v famous Italian climber!

Day 5 - walked to Pheriche at 4200m It was a hard climb here and it was fairly cold here. My clothes were stinking of sweat and I was filthy, but the beard was coming on a treat! Just heard from some guys that a porter died the day before from AMS and that a Canadian died from a sleeping pill (mixing with altitude doesn't work), its a dangerous road.
I hadn't been sleeping well due to the altitude, and now the cold was making things worse. On the path, you pass loads of Sherpa's carrying the strangest of things - toilets, 2*4's, corrugated iron sheets and beer! They can carry up to 80ks on their backs - there is no protection like in Peru! These guys are tough - I saw one carrying 6 cases of beer and a cupboard wearing only flip flops!

Day 6 - Insomnia... A really tough walk to Labouche at 4900m. Here we all had headaches and suffered from the cold. It was snowing when we arrived. There was no trees here, only rocks and the permafrost! Adam was really bad, but after some garlic soup and diamox, he seemed better. My headached disappeared at 2am...so i managed ...