We're back from another 20 days of trekking in Nepal. Our original plan was to do the Annapurna Sanctuary trek but after making it to the sanctuary in four days we decided to tack on the whole Annapurna circuit as well. Fortunately the weather held and we made it over the Thorong-La pass the hard way (from Muktinath) without any issues. We took tons of pictures which I will eventually post when I'm finished posting the Khumbu pics.
Trekking through the Khumbu: Day 12-14
Rest day in Loubche then to Gorak Shep and up to Kala Pattar - Then from Goyak Shep to Chomrong
Day 12 - Rest day in Loubche:
Today's rest day was pretty relaxed for Kiersten and I. We went for a small hike up to the nearest glacier and took in the views. We spent most of the remainder of the day hanging out in our guesthouse's sun room which acted as a greenhouse and was actually almost too hot. While the day was pretty good and relaxed, the night was terrible for me. I don't know whether it was something I ate or what exactly happened but I got extremely ill with some sort of bacterial infection and was in the bathroom for most of the night.
Day 13 - Loubche to Kala Pattar:
I didn't really sleep last night and when morning came I ran to the bathroom and spent a good while puking up my dinner from the night before. Things where not looking good and if anything I was more sick that morning then I was the night before. Because the plan was to head up to around 5500m that day, Luke thought it was best if I intsead went down to Dingbouche (a 3hr hike downhill) to recover while the rest of the group (including Kiersten) went on to Gorak Shep and Kala Pattar. Needless to say I was disappointed but I really wasn't in any shape to complain. I was escorted down to Dingbouche by Mr. Nima Sherpa who would wasn't the least bit fazed by my illness. He would even hold my chest every time I stopped by the side of the trail to puke. Upon arrival to Dingbouche (the hardest day of hiking for me so far) I immediately went to bed and only got up to use the bathroom. It wasn't the most memorable of days.
Kiersten on the other hand did have a very memorable day. She and the group went to Gorak Shep, the last village before Everest base camp, and immediately headed up to Kala Pattar, a view point that gives probably the best views possible of Everest. They had a beautiful clear day of amazing views while I was probably languishing in a bathroom. I can't really speak about Kala Pattar from experience so I will let the photo's Kiersten took do the talking.
Day 14 - Gorak Shep to Chomrong
Today Kiersten and the rest of the crew made the journey from Gorak Shep to Chomrong, the last village we would stay at before heading to Island Peak base camp. I woke up in Dingbouche feeling slightly better and insisted to Nima that I wanted to go to Chomrong and meet up with the rest of the crew. My hike was substantially shorter than the rest of the groups but it proved quite hard for me and I discovered I was still not very well. However, I did manage not to puke (not that there was anything in my stomach to puke up), which was one good thing I guess. Again I went straight to bed upon arrival in Chomrong. When the rest of the group arrived I said a quick hello and then went back to bed until dinner. I managed to eat something small but still ended up spending way to much time in the bathroom that night. Fortunately the next day was a rest day where we would be practising some mountaineering skills so I would have some more time to recover.
Trekking through the Khumbu: Day 12-14
Rest day in Loubche then to Gorak Shep and up to Kala Pattar - Then from Goyak Shep to Chomrong
Day 12 - Rest day in Loubche:
Today's rest day was pretty relaxed for Kiersten and I. We went for a small hike up to the nearest glacier and took in the views. We spent most of the remainder of the day hanging out in our guesthouse's sun room which acted as a greenhouse and was actually almost too hot. While the day was pretty good and relaxed, the night was terrible for me. I don't know whether it was something I ate or what exactly happened but I got extremely ill with some sort of bacterial infection and was in the bathroom for most of the night.
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| Kiersten relaxing on the glacier |
Day 13 - Loubche to Kala Pattar:
I didn't really sleep last night and when morning came I ran to the bathroom and spent a good while puking up my dinner from the night before. Things where not looking good and if anything I was more sick that morning then I was the night before. Because the plan was to head up to around 5500m that day, Luke thought it was best if I intsead went down to Dingbouche (a 3hr hike downhill) to recover while the rest of the group (including Kiersten) went on to Gorak Shep and Kala Pattar. Needless to say I was disappointed but I really wasn't in any shape to complain. I was escorted down to Dingbouche by Mr. Nima Sherpa who would wasn't the least bit fazed by my illness. He would even hold my chest every time I stopped by the side of the trail to puke. Upon arrival to Dingbouche (the hardest day of hiking for me so far) I immediately went to bed and only got up to use the bathroom. It wasn't the most memorable of days.
Kiersten on the other hand did have a very memorable day. She and the group went to Gorak Shep, the last village before Everest base camp, and immediately headed up to Kala Pattar, a view point that gives probably the best views possible of Everest. They had a beautiful clear day of amazing views while I was probably languishing in a bathroom. I can't really speak about Kala Pattar from experience so I will let the photo's Kiersten took do the talking.
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| View from Kala Pattar of Everest (black triangle in the middle), Lhotse and surrounding mountains. Base camp is near the left by the glacier |
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| View on the hike to Kala Pattar |
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| Everest! |
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| Kala Pattar |
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| More Everest action! |
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| Khumbu horse battle |
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| Horse face |
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| Gorak Shep at sunset |
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| Gorak Shep |
Day 14 - Gorak Shep to Chomrong
Today Kiersten and the rest of the crew made the journey from Gorak Shep to Chomrong, the last village we would stay at before heading to Island Peak base camp. I woke up in Dingbouche feeling slightly better and insisted to Nima that I wanted to go to Chomrong and meet up with the rest of the crew. My hike was substantially shorter than the rest of the groups but it proved quite hard for me and I discovered I was still not very well. However, I did manage not to puke (not that there was anything in my stomach to puke up), which was one good thing I guess. Again I went straight to bed upon arrival in Chomrong. When the rest of the group arrived I said a quick hello and then went back to bed until dinner. I managed to eat something small but still ended up spending way to much time in the bathroom that night. Fortunately the next day was a rest day where we would be practising some mountaineering skills so I would have some more time to recover.
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