So wonderful to see friends in the mountains on the way down

First shower in 6 days, does wonders for a girl! Making it down to Monju for more school and home visits with our ENG girls and families on our way down.

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!