Tuesday Oct. 12, 2010. Back to the Thyangboche Monastery

This gives you an idea of the map for the Trek with the exception that we did not have any aclimatization days. Click on the map to expand. At this point I had stopped taking the Diamox for altitude sickness prevention but I still had a bad cough.

Leaving Thyangboche...yes we were happy!!!!! No more mice!!

Loading the fire up with Yak Dung and Kerosene. Geez, and why were we coughing..... It is illegal to burn wood in the Sagarmatha National Park.

Laura said " There's so much Yak dung here why don't they burn it to keep us warm "..be careful what you wish for!!

Drying Yak Dung for burning!!!

Still coughing....

Sue leaving Pheriche.

A great rest for both up and down the mountain. The lady who ran this rest stop had been to Canada many times and spoke excellent English. She did well with her sales!!! It almost felt like we were spring skiing at Whistler here!!!! Actually taken on the way up from Sue's camera.

The wild Yak with long hair and very big antlers. These beasts have adapted to high altitudes and command the mountain.