Kyangjuma to Tenboche
Thanks to my newly acquired guide book from Barbara, there should be
an improvement in my spelling of the place names and the mountains
from this point in. I will also cross reference some of Dalman's facts
about National Birds!
Unfortunately I was struck down with my first illness yesterday
afternoon and this morning. A condition I'm politely going to refer to
as Himalayan stomach. I do not want to do into further details or
provide reviews of the local toileting favourites but I was in a
pretty dark place this morning as I faced 2 hour steep climb, in thin
air through the forests to Tenboche with low energy and fluid levels.
I needed some help! I called on the assistance of my iPhone and put on
my Smiths/Morrissey playlist and tried not to think of my griping
stomach. For those of you who do not know the work of Stephen Patrick
Morrissey, he was the lead singer of the Manchester band "The Smiths"
and I personally find his downbeat lyrics uplifting. After all life is
always worse for Morrissey.
Thankfully my trek finished at lunch time today and I plan on drinking
cola, visiting the internet cafe and eating plain boiled
rice.Tomorrow, I should meet up with the other Exodus group, who flew
out on a helicopter, and are one day ahead of me. I look forward to
sharing stories and seeing how they are getting on.
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