{"id":950,"date":"2012-10-05T12:19:13","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T12:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sethandberkley.com\/?p=950"},"modified":"2012-10-07T08:26:04","modified_gmt":"2012-10-07T08:26:04","slug":"solu-khombu-trek-day-6-berkley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sethandberkley.com\/?p=950","title":{"rendered":"Solu Khombu Trek – Day 6 (Berkley)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I felt unwell all night. \u00a0I ended up waking up at midnight and was not able to fall back to sleep. \u00a0In the morning I felt horrible. \u00a0I was weak, my body was shaky and sensitive, and my stomach was feeling all kinda of nauseated. \u00a0Though I tried to continue, it was decided that it was a better, safer, choice for me to head back. \u00a0Whether I was feeling that way because I was sick or because of elevation didn’t matter, I couldn’t go on. \u00a0But, not before I got to see some yaks! \u00a0Though the people there would probably say I wasn’t excited to see yaks, I totally was. \u00a0It was on my list of Nepal things to see. \u00a0And since I won’t be seeing Everest anymore, at least I got to see some yaks.<\/p>\n

\"Nepal

Peanut butter, honey, and raw garlic. Poor choice…<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Nepal

Yakety yak, don’t talk back.<\/p><\/div>\n

Through a little convincing Seth went on without me. \u00a0I took our Cook down to lower elevation. \u00a0Purba, our sherpa guide, was pretty convinced that what I was feeling was altitude sickness, but I was not completely convinced. \u00a0As we quickly descended in altitude not much changed. \u00a0It became a little easier to walk, but just a little. \u00a0Otherwise I still felt pretty crappy. \u00a0I was still weak, shaky and nauseated (especially since Purba told me to eat a giant clove of raw garlic for breakfast to combat the altitude sickness. \u00a0I accompanied it wit a spoonful of peanut butter, and I was burping up that combination all day.) \u00a0It took about four hours to reach our destination of Junbesi, and I felt like crap every grueling step of the way. \u00a0I was so careful not to trip and fall, or slip off the mountain in my weakness and sheer exhaustion. \u00a0At this point I’m back at the Apple Valley Lodge where I am resting, but still feeling horrible. \u00a0I meet with Seth in a few days back in Phaplu. \u00a0He’s going to be completing the trip at a more accelerated pace. \u00a0HIs job is to take tons of photos and to remember everything, so he can tell me all about it. \u00a0I’m glad one of us gets to complete the trek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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