9.13.2008

Day 5 - Baby steps to Everest (Dingboche 4410m)

This morning we woke up and went to the Monastery to watch the monks pray. Women were not allowed in the monastery without permission, so a few of us had to wait outside until we got the word.

Inside there were about 20 monks sitting on benches facing the middle of the room. They were praying together and it sounded like chanting. Listening to them all together was very hypnotizing and melodic. They prayed for an hour and had tea. After, one monks stuck around and answered some questions for us. This was on of my favourite things on the trek.

After packing and eating, we hiked for a few hours and then had lunch. I developed a horrible headache at this point. It felt like my head was in a vice, and then I started to feel nauseous. We made it to Dingboche, the next stayover and I just got in my sleeping bag and fell asleep for a few hours. When I woke up my headache was gone.

After eating dinner, I had to go back to bed.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Seems like you have been sleeping a lot on this trek! (but that's ok). The story is great so far! Mima