We found a KFC, where we had a very Western lunch experience with a few people from the trekking group. We leave the hotel tomorrow morning at 6:30am for our 9:00am flight to New Delhi, where we will check into a Radisson near the airport to relax until our 11pm flight back to EWR. Since the power is on now, we are just watching some TV and recovering. I am working on the trekking map that is linked to the this blog. I also will be blogging my diary details when I get to it.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Photos Posted
http://picasaweb.google.com/martysupple/MartyAndJoeTrekEverest
I will be adding captions and blogging more details as I get time…
Mission Accomplished!!
On 4/1 we summited Kala Patthar (5550m), which was the most difficult part of the trek. At 50% oxygen and 10 days of hiking we ascended a very steep dirt trail then rocks to the peak of this mountain in the Everest region. On 4/2 9:45am we made it to EBC (Everest Base Camp), which was difficult only due to being completely exhausted, low oxygen, and also it was quite rocky/treacherous.But we made it!! Overall the most grueling and challenging thing I have done in my life. Only suffered some scrapes and a bad cold / sinus infection, so I am coughing a lot, as many people on the team are. One person suffered some AMS (Acute Mountain Sickness – Altitude Sickness) as she had very low O2 in her blood when we were all tested at 4200m. Above 4300/4500m things change. I had some pretty bad headaches, and when this cold came on, I had the worse sore throat I have ever had. Coming down was a lot of fun though, we trucked. At one point we were practically running. I am sure I dropped some pounds over the 12 days. The tea houses were bearable, and got more basic as the elevation went up. Above the tree lines they used Kerosene for heating/cooking which sucked. One place our water tasted like Kerosene, gross. I finally took a shower today after 12 days..nice. I also was able to shave away most of the beard I had grown, so feeling a little cleaner :) There were definitely moments where many of us, would have taken the oppt. to press a button to go home. With no heat or hot water as things got colder it was really tough. Luckily we had the right gear, the Sherpas were awesome, and our team helped each other along. We had a group of 11 people from all over the world. I have kept a diary and taken many photos. As I get time I will be posting these! See you all soon!
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