| Mark in The Himalayas |
May 2011 |
The following is cobbled together from Mark's email and Facebook page. 19th April I thought some of you might be interested in following my journey. If you are just click on the link below. This link won't show anything until I leave Lhasa on the 26th April as for the first 5 days I will be acclimitizing by drinking beer and taking in the great views! April 25th Defeated before I even started. Might be coming home the Everest dream shattered. Barely eaten for 3 days so you can probably guess what is wrong. Gutted =( ...trying to hang in there but they start the bike tour tomorrow. I don't mind doing a couple of days in the 4wd but the whole trip would do my head in. Also ended up with altitude sickness as I was so dehydrated ... Plan was Lhasa to Kathmandu via Everest base camp. Riding 1100km from the Tibetan Plateau right across the Himalayan Mountain range. Last day involves a 4000m descent over 117km! April 26th Thanks to the drip in a grotty hospital in Tibet and some comedy chinese medicines the Everest dream may be rekindled!The IV drip worked wonders and i've just finished a big bowl of soft noodles while using chopsticks which untill today I could never manage, magic! April 27th
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