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Asia, part VII: Nepal

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

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/>Base camp is just a collection of tents on top of the Khumba glacier by a ice field. From here teams progressed to the different camps on the slopes of Everest. We heard that an American and Indian summited today...the funny thing is, you cannot see Everest from here!
We walked back to Labouche after stopping for lunch in Gorak Shep. Carried on down to Periche (another 3hrs) after Raj had to pay a porter 500 rupees to collect my bag from Gorak as he had forgotten to take it with him!

Back at Laboche I didn't feel too well...and after chatting to an Israeli guy who said he had Macaroni and cheese at Gorak shep 3 days ago and had to be carried to here as he was so ill, I ran out the lounge and vomited several times...I felt bad... After I had finished, people walked past and stared. So I just said, don't eat here! I headed to bed early and only threw up once...blo*dy yak cheese! On the Everest base camp circuit there are 2 types of folk - those you have had Diarrhoea and those who will get it... The other guys got it soon after. There is no hygene on the mt - you cannot wash your hands anywhere and so its unlikely that the kitchen staff will have either! I started on some drugs, which always helps!
The following day I slept, ate [I had missed a day of food!] and played a lot of cards. I ate double yak steak for dinner...that will teach them for poisoning me!

We were totally fed up now - dirty, smelly, dreaming of Big Mac's we walked to Namche about 8hrs away. A totally knackering walk! The path was full of Yak trains as folk where packing there gear up from Base camp as the season ends this week... Chatted to some guys whom had summited the previous week - of course I told them that I had, you have to, to gain any respect off these mountaineering types! The next day we walked to Lukla and stayed in the nice Khumba resort where we vegged by the pool table and TV with BBC ...