So Cathy was feeling little better this morning so the helicopter wasn’t required but it sure was busy. She went down on horseback with Brian walking beside. As we walked along the valley from Pheriche to where had lunch at Dugla we saw rescue helicopter after rescue helicopter. All taking sick people off the mountain …
Aw bad news, this morning we lose another two of the group. The only other girl left got sick yesterday. For a while she didn’t know why she was here. Very confused and sick. So hubby has to go too. They were at the clinic last night and getting air helicopter out this morning. She …
This morning was the bad news my lovely Roomie had to go down now. She got sick again and had pressure at the front of the head, the start of cerebral edema. I’m gutted. Not just for me cos I’ll really miss the laughs we had but for her. She had bags of enthusiasm and …
First glimpse of Everest Clancy, probably a nice guy but he hunts animals so I didn’t like that. I was looking forward to challenging this with him later on in the trip but I never got the chance because he got sick (the altitude caused pressure in his head and his eyeballs changed shape and …
Yesterday we left Namche Bazaar and it was a tough ascent to Panboche. On the way we received an orange string for round our necks from a tea house with a knot it it. The knot has been tied and blessed by the Dalai Lama and the knot means continuous journey, the blessing ‘safe journey’. …
The Irish Bar with our team leader and (L-R) Peak Freaks Owner and Founder Tim, Mark (who has been to high camp on Everest and woke up on summit day with dead toes, had to come down and lost them all but I must say he’s one of the nicest guys), me, then my roomie …
14th October 2016- From Kathmandu – Lukla We departed the lodge at 5am to Kathmandu airport and took our 6.15 flight to Lukla. This was the most amazing flight ever, in a twin prop Dornier. There’s 10 in our group for the first mountain and then only five of us are aiming for all three. …
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