Today we climbed up to Pumori Base Camp to acclimatize to 18,600 ft in elevation. Mostly climbing over large rocks and the trail was frozen and muddy that was very slippery. The weather was everything and the kitchen sink - it started out hot
then turned colder then windy. I was either too hot or too cold all afternoon. When we returned to Everest Base Camp 2.5 hours later, we discovered that of the four miles we covered - 2 miles were leaving and entering the base camp. Everest Base Camp supports 400 - 600 climbers and we calculated a five to one support to climber - so base camp's population is 2500 people. I've developed "Khumbu cough" - it’s normal for many, a dry upper respiratory cough. Tomorrow we trek to Lobuche Village, and then we'll climb to Lobuche High Camp at 18,000 ft. Thanks to Chhiring Sherpa for taking these photos from today.
“The Khumbu cough, also referred to as the high altitude hack, is a cough caused by the low humidity and temperatures associated with high altitudes. The Khumbu cough is named after the valley that leads up to Mount Everest in Nepal, but the cough itself is not specific to the Everest region.” - Source Google
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