Journal Entry Day 7
Dingboche 4260m to Lobuche 4930m
Today's song: Dog Days are Over by Florence and the Machine
So hard to breath. Cant keep my chest strap done up on my backpack. Its like a bag over your head. Every step is a focus. Its like walking after running a sprint. And the air is cold which doesnt help. All the cheese now is yak cheese and smells like dirty feet but tastes okay (if you dont smell it--which is hard).
There is snow on the ground here and the rivers have ice on them. There is a chance that in Gorukshep, the next town, there will be no rooms. The problem is that no one will take a reservation for 1 person because they loose $ on food by half so they keep double rooms empty rather than renting to a single person. People also get sick so they many not leave on the date given. If there are no rooms in the town my guide says we rush up the mountain to base camp then back down to here. The British army guys were super nice to offer me the extra bed their group has--which I might have to take. We will set out early tomorrow to try to get there before the other trekkers and hopefully get a room.
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| My room |
The tea house Im staying in right now SUCKS. Wind is blowing through the walls and it is so cold. The chimney for the stove got blocked up tonight and my room is above the dining hall so my room smells like smokey burning yak poo.
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| Burning yak poop for fuel |
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| After the chimney gets blocked...yak poop smoke |
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| Cards with Barry, the US guys and the Everest Beer! |
Met up with the U.S guys today--they bought an Everest beer for us to drink at the top! :) Tomorrow is up above 5000m. I hope for a good sleep tonight.
So hard to breath. Cant keep my chest strap done up on my backpack. Its like a bag over your head. Every step is a focus. Its like walking after running a sprint. And the air is cold which doesnt help. All the cheese now is yak cheese and smells like dirty feet but tastes okay (if you dont smell it--which is hard).
