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| Dingbuche "quick" hike |
A 4 hour hike that otherwise would've taken 2 hours. It seems like every time frame that's given to us we should add 1.5 to it. These porters and guides not only carry a load of stuff, but theyre also pre-acclimatized to this altitude. We made it to 4,300 meters today.
Were starting to see familiar faces on the trip as other trelkers are taking the same route. Were starting to hear stories of people getting altitude sickness. Ian got his share before pangboche, just yesterday. Christa is holding out strong. were not blasting up huge altitudes every day. Were to stay here in dingbuche for 2 days to acclimatized more.
We also finally dived into a hot showered. 450 rupees. That's about 5 dollars. It'll get more expensive as we go up. But this would be (so we think) our last real stop before heading up, so were like to shower. Well probably be doing the wipe down afterwards with next to freezing water.
We are now also in yak territory. And snow territory. And constant high winds territory. Good thing were staying in a tent tonight to Get ready for base camp at lobuche. It'll be colder and windier than here.
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