We had wall to wall blue skies as we headed up to the chorten above the village, giving us a beautiful view back towards the glacial lake, gangapurna glacier and manang, down in the valley.
It was a slow steady incline up, which was a little tough as we were ascending up to over 4000m. We arrived at our tea break, at the village of Ghusang where we sat on the roof eating our coconut biscuits and drinking ice lemon. By this stage we’ve met lots of people along the way, mostly on the same schedule as us, although some going a little slower. It’s been nice stopping and chatting on the road and at the tea stops.
After tea break was a relatively tough walk up to yak Kharka just in time for lunch. The lodge was actually lovely with a sort of sun lounge to sit in which was so much warmer than outside. Despite the sunny weather, as we climb up it’s getting colder and colder. There’s no running water at night now because it just freezes.
We had lunch of dal baht and Stephen had macaroni cheese. I got chatting to a lovely surf girl from Sydney called grace. And we whittled the afternoon away.
Dinner was egg veg noodles and we went to bed by about 8pm. It was probably the coldest night so far. I had a bit of a headache and was feeling quite rough in the evening so took rehydrated salts, paracetamol and antisickness And luckerly started to improve.
We’ve met quite a few people along the way who have had to turn back because of altitude sickness. You have to be so careful up here. Luckerly I think the two headaches I’ve had have been dehydration as you need to drink 4-5 litres up here which has been difficult.
Tomorrow we go up further to thorung Phedi before the high pass.
Today we sleep at 4050m
We only walked 11km because we were limited by the altitude.
glad you managed to get the medecine you needed to cope with altitude. you are s brave to keep going, especially as some turned back. high altitude for you.cant remember how this compares to everest base camp. you take care darling xx
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