21 October 2005
Day 5: Tengboche - Pheriche (4240m). 4.5 Hours
Pretty nice day. Woke up to the same gray fog of last night but by 8 it had burned off. The weather turned grand, not too hot and not too cold, juuuust right. Trekked down to Somare in about two hours and imbibed a bit of lemon tea. Took off from there and quickly topped treeline. The views of Ama off to the right were incredible. It is massice, and it is not even 8000m. Best part: all the mountains had fresh snow from last night. Fantastic views back down valley towards Kontega and Thamsherko.
Got into Pheriche around noon and enjoyed about 20 minutes of sunshine before the clouds rolled back in. Bummer. Went inside, listened to the Beatles + Nora Jones and watched a sprinkling of snow. Later I checked out the Himalayan Rescue Association daily talk, most of which I had heard/read before. In the month they've been open they've had four serious cases of HACE, Viagra can be used to treate HAPE and HAFE is High Altitude Flatuent Emissions.
Lodges are getting more crowded and more primitive (bye bye western crappers), the age group seems to be getting younger and there are more people (solo + small groups without guides). Quote from the monastery: "May you journey in peace and walk in delight"
Got into Pheriche around noon and enjoyed about 20 minutes of sunshine before the clouds rolled back in. Bummer. Went inside, listened to the Beatles + Nora Jones and watched a sprinkling of snow. Later I checked out the Himalayan Rescue Association daily talk, most of which I had heard/read before. In the month they've been open they've had four serious cases of HACE, Viagra can be used to treate HAPE and HAFE is High Altitude Flatuent Emissions.Lodges are getting more crowded and more primitive (bye bye western crappers), the age group seems to be getting younger and there are more people (solo + small groups without guides). Quote from the monastery: "May you journey in peace and walk in delight"
