This is the only way to get supplies up the mountain, humans, horses, and yaks. Life is extremely hard here

Coming out of these mountains is treacherous . Steep Ivey slopes and rocks to climb down. The knees get a serious work out and the body is exhausted. But it is So very beautiful, like a dream.

We left Babi at Gorka Shep with an altitude headache and headed for base camp. Just as we headed down we were informed that altitude sickness had set in fast and she needed to go down immediately. Our guide, Tashi went ahead with her and out porter, stayed behind with me to follow tothe next village. So no lunch, no rest, started down. When we caught up with them she was worse and I had nothing left to go on. She had to keep descending to next village. Off they went and I stayed behind ( I had literally put in over 15 miles in some of the highest altitude in the world. My legs were jelly! There were no rooms available so some owners of a lodge agreed to let me sleep in the dining area with the guides and porters. As I ate my potatoes and eggs for dinner, a female staff member came to offer her room behind the lodge so I would have some privacy. Her kindness was so appreciated! We had no connection so I was worried sick about Babi. At sunrise this morning I headed down and the lady from the tea house informed me that they carried Babi to the hospital 2 hours further down so off I went to find her. She spent the night in the clinic with oxygen and thank goodness, is fine now. I sure learned a lot about myself these past few days.

Made it to Everest Base Camp around noon! Put in 15 miles total today at some of the highest elevations in the world. This was a tough adventure!

Day after tomorrow I will attempt Everest Base Camp if the weather allows and I’m handling the altitude ok. I won’t lie, it terrifies me a little, but it excites me more! I’ve always said, anything is possible and no regrets. I’ve wanted to do this for a long time. I can give myself a million reasons not to: money, time, age, health, people’s opinions, etc. But those just aren’t good enough. I’ve always climbed my personal mountains with determination and an attitude of no fear, no looking back. Today is no different and I hope it never is. Everest Base Camp here we come!

Averaging approx. 7-8 miles per day with lots of climbing, sharing the trail with yaks, the priority items in your pack are water, toilet paper, and chocolate ( never enough chocolate). Life is Good. Oxygen level at 88 today! I’m told that is awesome at this altitude, part Sherpa! Altitude 4,6290 meters tonight. We have some shallow sleep breathing to endure