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2018 Everest Base Camp - BLOG

Mon 5th Feb. All of us at Lobuche, now for the weather...

5/2/2018

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Our porters all together.
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Dorrie with Shishir.....I think Dorrie wants to take him home sshhh.
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Check out the sky.
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Team EBC 2018 nearly there.
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The landslide that has washed away the bridge.
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The view from my bedroom window.
So last night Elaine makes the discovery that Evan had a wet ones wash down and used Elaine's brand new microfibre towel to dry his “bits” off. Ok, he’s used it after the wash down, but given there’s 6 days of stench that a tiny little absorbent towelette had to deal with.......Elaine asks the question “is this grounds for divorce”. I say YES. I also say we burn the towel on top of KP like some kind of ritual. Elaine, I think is happy to put it in a big zip lock bag and confident her trusty washing machine set at 90 degrees will have it back to new in no time.
We set off in blue sky again today we just need one more day of this. A steep climb out of Dingboche then a gradual incline in full sunshine but the wind was rather chilly. A huge landslide had washed the bridge away taking us to the small village of Thukla. They have put in a temporarily bridge but the twisted mangled remnants of the old bridge amongst boulders still remain.
A big climb up the moraine after a hot drink and snickers bars saw us at the top where a memorial sits in honour of people who have lost their lives climbing Everest. We are now sitting in our lodge.
A helicopter has just landed 100 meters away from us picking up a trekker who has succumb to altitude sickness. He was very wobbly and aided on either side. A reminder of the dangers of being in altitude and thank goodness our team is going strong with no symptoms whatsoever.
We are having a late lunch and will do a small acclimatization walk just up from our hotel to view the Khumbu glacier.
​Matt has brought a few packets of Beef Jerky with him and I gotta say it tastes pretty good at this altitude. Well done Matt.
10 Comments
Veals
5/2/2018 10:31:38 pm

Go trekkers! Will Elaine have to declare the towel when going through customs? Gotta love the deep blue sky 🌌 when at altitude.

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Sue
5/2/2018 10:33:35 pm

That’s if the sniffer dogs don’t get to it beforehand veals.

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David G
5/2/2018 11:14:08 pm

Go team. Will be thinking of you tomorrow when you make your decision whether to go up, or hold out til the next day. Will be seriously hanging for an update tomorrow.
Rather funny re microfibre towel..!!

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David G
6/2/2018 06:23:29 am

Hey wait a minute, is that Dorrie's backpack I see hanging off Shishir..? Was this just for for the photo, or has Dorrie had a "backpack free" trek?

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Sue
6/2/2018 09:55:58 pm

Let’s just say the porters are looking after her. She did make the comment she’d still be climbing Namche Hill if it wasn’t for Shishir.

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Spanner
6/2/2018 03:52:12 pm

Hi sue and team, well it all sounds so exciting and so close to base camp, it was so good to hear that no one got altitude sickness, must be due to all that hard training and getting fit. Well the next message will say it all. There seems to be a lot of stirring going on among the group, I wonder who is the culprit, need I ask. It sounds like a great team effort and hats off to you all, good luck and enjoy the challenge .

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David G
6/2/2018 05:06:10 pm

I've been hanging out to hear from them, but nothing as yet. Either no comms, or slogging their way up Kalar Pattar

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Sue
6/2/2018 09:57:33 pm

Thanks span, a strong team. Update coming.

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James
6/2/2018 07:05:10 pm

Yes I think you are right David, no comm's or on the way up, hope the weather has been kind to them.

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Sue
6/2/2018 09:59:08 pm

Update should be posted shortly....be patient.

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