10/18/07
This village on our way up the mountain was a beautiful site. It sat along the ragging river valley and incorporated a number of luxuries including a HRA Medical Clinic. Periche was one of the larger villages we stayed in and it was funny to think that is sat as high as some of the tallest peaks in the US.
Once we reached Periche we found our accommodations and meet the lovely owners of the lodge. They were right outside our window making yak dung patties for fuel to cook our food. After a few days of this we became pretty accustomed to having our food cook with Yak excrement!..
After getting settled we attended an AMS (acute mountain sickness) clinic. The doctors stationed on the mountain were from Montana and Utah. They provide a great service for the trekkers and climbers on the mountain. The day before we arrived they had to evacuate two individuals by helicopter due to altitude sickness. We spent the rest of the night relaxing and trying to acclimatize to the altitude.
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