Everest Base Camp : Day 3 - Acclimatization Day in Namche Bazaar
Rara is an engineer by profession, a traveler by heart, a marathon runner by dreams and a certified scuba diver. She also blogs at http://muncity.blogspot.com
I couldn’t sleep last night. It worried me cos I knew it is one of the symptom of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). Other than that, I was fine. It is considered as a mild symptom so it should be OK. But still, I was worried thinking about the higher altitude I’d be sleeping in the days to come. What if the symptom gets worse? I don’t want to go home yet, not till I achieve my dream.
Went to the toilet, and saw this out of the window.
What a view ! Gotta enjoy this while doing my business hahaha.
dining area / common room at Khumbu Lodge
fried potato with vege, cheese & egg for breakfast
Today is my rest day. But rest day does not mean you can sleep in. Rest day actually means acclimatization day, which means I have to ‘climb high, sleep low’, meaning you hike to a higher elevation, and then return to sleep at a lower one. It’s a chance for the body to adjust to the altitude.
So I asked his permission to follow him. From then on, Ahmad kinda became my guide; looking after me during the hike, always making sure I was behind him. He was fast even though he was carrying almost 50kg load on his back but he’d always stop and waited for me *criess.
my sherpa friend
loveeeee
We passed a plateau, where Ahmad told me it’s an airport. Well, Syangboche Airport is just a dirt air strip sometimes used by helicopters to bring tourists up to Hotel Everest View.
Syangboche Airport
amazing view on the way to the hotel
Everest ♥♥♥
hot chocolate
Everest in the background
school
clinic
bank
dental clinic
Then I thought of contingency plan if I still can’t sleep tonight. Option number one, hire a porter to reduce the extra weight off my back and let my body rest. Option number two, hmmm I couldn’t think of any. I want to save cost by doing everything independently, but I guess hiring a porter might be a good idea now. Protip: Always bring extra cash with you in case of emergency.
I must decide tonight on hiring the porter cos if I wait until tomorrow, it might be late cos I need to make a move to Tengboche in the morning. And the higher I am, other unexpected issue might occur, plus it might be harder to find available porter (you can’t simply hire anyone cos they need to be insured as well). I can’t afford to waste any day cos I’d risk missing my flight back to Lukla and KL if I do.
So I whatsapped Mohan, my friend from Thamel Hostel (the hostel I stayed in Kathmandu). He owns a trekking agency as well. Mohan told me to text him in case I have any problems on the mountain so I asked him whether he could help me find a porter. Mohan replied right away, ‘No problem. I’ll send someone for you tomorrow morning’. Oh wow.
Source: http://muncity.blogspot.com/2019/07/everest-base-camp-day-3-acclimatization.html
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