Everest Trek - Day 9

Mt Everest Memorial

Day 9 - AMS and learning from it.

On the rest day in Dingbuche, Ian went for a bike for acclimitization while Christa rested her blistered feet. Ian climbed too high too fast and came back down with the worse AMS (acute mountain sickness) he's felt yet.

Usually rest, liquids and food helped. But this time it didn't. And its already been a day at this altitude. Hopefully the night will prove useful to help acclimtise. If not, its time to take some medication for AMS, diamox.

The porters have left for lobuche basecamp, 5 hours away. They carried the tents, the kitchen. And food. Very heavy stuff. We will do that trek tomorrow. They will come back for out packs in the morning. Very strong boys.

Previously, just remembered (see what altitude does?) we had passed the memorial for all the people who died on Everest.

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