We went to a cool place for diner tonight. We went with one of the Italian guys and their guide. It was a bit odd. Ron was real popular. It was a place with a live band. After eating, some of the guys in the audience went up to dance. After a few songs they started to try to get Ron up with them. After a while we all went up to dance. The place went wild. They got a real kick out of us dancing. I even saw 2 of the guys in the band laughing at me. We did stick out a bit!! It was a lot of fun. (more…)
March 23, 2004
March 22, 2004
Day 14 Last day of the
Day 14 Last day of the hike. It’s odd I am extremely glad I came along on Ron’s Himalayan adventure and at the same time be extremely glad this is the last day. (more…)
March 21, 2004
Day 13
Day 13 My last night on the trail. Tomorrow we reach Lukla airport. We spend the night there and fly out the next morning. Today was a bit interesting, (more…)
March 20, 2004
Day 12
Day 12 We are heading back to Namche, the same place we we spent nights 4 & 5. It’s the first time I feel like I’m heading home. I can’t wait for the Thai massage!!!! I felt very good/ strong for the first half of the day but then we came to the stairs. Stairs really slows me down. Since my right knee really hurts going up or down stairs. I only use my left leg except for the smallest of stairs. Then we stopped for lunch. It was an amazing place on the trail 2/3rds of the way up a cliff overlooking the valley. (more…)
March 19, 2004
day 11
day 11 Heading home. Ron headed to base camp, I was not involved in the planning but I guess they planned a meeting place and a back up meeting place. So Tashi and I headed down slowly expecting Ron to catch up pretty quickly. Well we waited at the first spot and no Ron. We waited for about 3 hours or so. (more…)
March 18, 2004
March 17, 2004
Day 9
Day 9 I can’t believe I’ll be at the base camp of everest tomorrow. Thats been my major thought all day today (when I was not fighting the altitude) Today we hiked from Dingboche at 4410m to lobuche 4910m. We hiked for about 11Km. (more…)
March 16, 2004
Day 8 – Altitude day.
Day 8 – Altitude day. Someone this morning was telling us that a week ago some girl was carried down by her Sherpa guide at 2 am from the town I’m in as I write this entry. She had altitude sickness. It turns out she died a few days later. I don’t know if it’s true or just trekking lure, but it does make you think. (more…)
March 15, 2004
Day 7
Day 7 Today we went from Tengboche to Dingboche. That was about a 11Km hike with a total climb of about 700m. I could just not get into the grove today. I had more trouble with altitude today. (more…)
March 14, 2004
Day 6
Day 6 As you may have noticed from my last entry I was feeling pretty weak. Well today was incredible. I felt stronger than I’ve felt since I’ve been here. Today was another 10Km hike with 600m climb day. (more…)
