Acclimatization Day

10/16/07

Our second day in Namche Bazaar: (3440 meters or 11, 270ft) we took a day hike towards Thame (3800 meters) . This was supposed to help in our acclimatization and give us a chance to see some of the area off the beaten trail. I started off the day feeling fine. Sleeping was a little difficult but I chalked that up to the higher altitude. Our hike to Thame was cut short because I started to get a little bit of a headache and the four hour hike was looking like it would eventually turn into a seven hour ordeal. It turns out we were lucky we turned around because shortly after arriving back in Namche a huge thunder storm swept through the area. We meet Miles and nephew Noah form Hawaii and California. This was Miles fourth trip to Nepal. We gave us numerous suggestions about making our trek more enjoyable. Among them included taking our Diamox (high altitude drug), and drinking more water. The Moonlight lodge was great and the owner actually spends some of his summers in Glenwood Springs, CO working construction.