Going Down

October 23, 2007
EBC Trek Day 10
Periche to Pengbouche

Today was not only lazy, it was super lazy. We woke up at 7am but Kenny had been up all night was was still exhausted. I wasn't so worried about his breathing anymore but started thinking he might now be dehydrated. I should have gone into the medical profession. I went down to the dining room for breakfast around 9am and read for awhile in the sun. It feels good that the temperature is getting a little bit warmer. Kenny was still sleeping after I finished my tea, toast, and omelet so I went over to the hospital to donate the rest of our unused Diamox and they happened to have some rehydration salts that I thought might be helpful.

When I got back to the room Kenny was awake but still feeling pretty puny. However, the pipes for the shower had thawed so for the bargain price of 350 rupees (about $5.85) I got 12 minutes of a scalding wet trickle. It was a deal that I just couldn't pass up since my body had not even had a baby wipe wash since five days ago. Ripe! It was worth every last rupee for those 12 minutes of heaven. I even washed my hair twice and I think it could have used another round. Kenny was eager for his turn and once we got packed up we had lunch and were on the trail at the early hour of 1:05 pm. Thank goodness we only had two pretty easy hours on the trail before we arrived in Pengbouche. Kenny went straight to bed but Mark and Jeanne were at the same teahouse so we hung out for a bit and had a nice dinner.