April 6th - Pheriche to Tengboche
Karma was antsy to get down to Phakding and see his sick daughter so we blessed him to head down. That was the last we saw of him until we arrived in his hotel 4 days later. He had apparently hiked the entire distance in one fell swoop, even though he was feeling some AMS symptoms as well.
I woke up the next morning feeling a lot better. Still sick, but not like before. It came back a bit stronger in the afternoon.
The view of the peaks was obstructed as we hiked down by milky fog. As we approached Tengboche, I was feeling pretty bad. Moving glacially slow with a brutal headache. Brian was also hurtin' for certain at that point. We felt like we were sloggin' through molasses. The porters, which Had arrived hours earlier in Tengboche, came back and relieved us of our loads. Hearts of gold I tell ya.
When we finally arrived in Tengboche, I gave them some of the precious Almond Snickers that I had (actually, they had) been totting along. They were grateful. Donkuram, a licensed message therapist, offered me a 600rp message. I took him up on it. It helped tremendously.
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