Journal Entry Day 8:
Lombuche 4930m to Gorak Shep 5140m and Everest Base Camp 5364m
Today's walking song: Shake me Down by Cage the Elephant
The water in my water bottle was completely frozen this morning. Started walking at 6:30am before the sun came up--and thought I actually might not make it due to the cold. I couldn't even hold my trekking pole my hands were so frozen. Every stop was cold and painful, the breath coming in icy and constricted my chest. I really didnt think I would make it to Gorak Shep. Then the sun started to come up and I literally ran toward the patches of it. I met Barry, Raleigh and Justin at the Yeti teahouse and Raleigh, Justin and I walked to Everest Base Camp together (Barry went to Kalapatar). Spent the night playing scrabble on Raleigh's Ipad and eating cookies.
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| Yeti teahouse |
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| On the way to EBC |
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| EBC! |
Journal Entry Day 9
Gorak Shep 5140m to Kalapatar 5545m then descend to Pheriche 4243m
Songs up to Kalapatar: Last Friday Night by Katy Perry, In One Ear and Right out the Other by Cage the Elephant, I will Survive by Aretha Franklin
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| There's Everest! |
Justin, Raleigh and I mutinied against my guide (who wanted us to leave at 4am) and left at 7:30am to head up to Kalapatar. I just wanted to walk in the sun and not be freezing like yesterday. And although he warned us such a late start would be bad photos and windy etc etc it was awesome! We had our Everest beer at the top and took tonnes of photos (Everest beer #2 because the beer that Justin and Raleigh got for me in Lambouche to drink at the top my guide offered to carry for me and drank it instead). It was totally worth it. And now we are done! No where to go but down. Barry left us this morning to do the pass to Gyoko lakes.
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| Drinking an Everest beer on Kalapatar...very very fizzy! |
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| The picture on the can matches! |
