Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Trek Day 5

In Deurali at 3200m now. You really feel the altitude up here. This morning between 2600m and 3000m I had a headache and my balance too good, But lunch gave me time to acclimatize and after that the climb was more gradual. On this trek the concentration has been almost as hard as the physical side. Place your foot wrong once and you could be edge or break an ankle. Even damaging a shoe could be a major issue when your 4 days walk from the nearest jeapable road. The air up here is so thin they have to use kerosene to cook/heat etc. Also lighters are reluctant to work.
Tomorrow we go to Machhapuchhre base camp (MBC) at 3700m. Can’t go up too quick now due to altitude sickness.

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