We are currently in Dingboche, 14500 ft and we have found an internet cafe that is run on a generator. IF they don’t have enough people wanting access they don’t crank up the generator.
We spent last night at Dingboche and will spend the night here tonight to acclimitize. This morning we took a short 2 hour hike up to a mountain top at 15,100 ft. Beautiful views of Ana Dablam and others. Mt. Everest is no longer in our view for the next couple of days.
We are all still eating quite well, potatoes, potatoes and more potatoes. In this altitude it is necessary to stay hydrated and we are all drinking about 3 1/2 to 4 liters of fluid each day. Consequently we are always running to the bathroom to relieve ourselves. On top of that,all of us are taking Diamox for altitude sickness as a preventative, this is a diuretic, so it means running to the toilet even more frequently. The Diamox is making my fingers and mouth tingle, a very strange sensation.
A couple of nights ago I elected to convert one of my water bottles to a pee bottle so that I could pee in the tent without having to go out into the freezing cold 4 or 5 times during the evening. It really has helped.
Everyday is getting colder and colder and no longer do we remove our fleece or outer wear.
Everyday is sunny in the morning and then the clouds come in the afternoon and we get afternoon flurries of snow.
Don’t know when we will run into another internet cafe so until then…
