We headed up and felt great with the increasing elevation to 14,000 ft Dingboche. Then Forrest, LJ and Sierra got food poisoning and our progress screeched to a halt. We decided to be patient, abort the first of the “3-passes”, Kongma La, and descend to 13,000 to recover.
This change got us off the conveyor belt of traffic headed for Everest Base Camp and suddenly we had the trail and tea houses to ourselves again for two nights in Shomare and Periche. It was a welcome change after being stacked between lines of large trekking groups since Phakding.
We continue to have cloudless skies every morning and the views in every direction take your breath away. It truly feels like the top of the world up here. We are so grateful to have the time to do this trip with patience. Many groups are here with only 7-10 days for their entire trip and they do not have time to properly acclimate or accommodate recovery from bouts of sickness.
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