My Big Escapade - Destination Unknown...: Day 82 - May 29

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Absolutely no sleep at all. All night i was cursing the cold, the blanket, the pillow but in the morning i found out that i was feeling out of breath and so no sleep. Dont feel as good as previous day. Breathing is an issue now. Thought it would get alright on the way. Pretty clear weather today as well, took quite some pictures of the mountains around. I start early so that i will know that aleast there are some people on the way. Have hot lemon at Deboche and thats good, it kinda reduced the AMS symptoms atleast for some time. Get back to the walk and i see only Misaki, Mitsu has gone back it seems as he kinda got sick the previous night. Man what do you know might be my turn today. Continue now with Misaki and her guide Skukh. We are taking it slowly. But seem to be slightly faster then them and keep to my speed.

As we crossed a bridge and started climbing on the other side, a man in T's and shorts runs down past us!! Then i realize that today was Everest marathon and people run down from Everest base camp to Namche bazar and some make it in three hourse it seems! It was hardly like 8.30 and this guy is already near Tengboche starting from EBC the same morning. Then in a few mins see one more guys and later as the time increases the frequency of runners i see increase. Boy do these peole have stamina. Keep seeing marathon runners through out the day. Saw a couple of female runners too. Then few Westerners. I am hungry and stop at Pangboche for lunch in the neat reastraunt with great view. The breathing is getting harder. Hot lemon first on the order. It was getting really hard. For some reason i felt i was doing quite well and was walking faster as well. Felt my walking has improved a lot. After lunch at pangboche hike up to the next town Somaru, where i find Misaki and the singapore group having lunch. Must have been doing much faster then before but i really should have taken it a bit slow. I still see Marathon runners. I was shocked to find an old European lady still running! She wanted help in setting her waist pouch's belt right. she was so impatient and so much into the Marathon that, she was like quick quick i got to be runnin! Man and i was cribbing about the walk.

Now we start to walk above the tree line. The space around just opens. see lot many people coming down then going up. Felt like if only i was on my way back of the trip. Man thats not a way to look forward to the trip. But its the monsoon coming tough weather and flights back to Kathmandu to lukla get more unreliable as the wether gets bad. But alteast for today i am heading to Dingboche. The ambiance around just feels great. I feel like i am doing great. It goes on and on and on and its be three that we make it to Dingboche and the singapore groups guide shows me the way to the lodge. Surpriced to see Jason and Ashley there who came in a day earlier and were acclimatizing. I get to my room and lie and thats when i realize i am not doing good at all. I must have pushed bit hard but was really slow at the same time. I felt chocked, my stomach started cramping up and felt suffocated. Felt like trapped. As unlike Tengboche u cant loose altitude from here quicly. Its a long walk down. At one point felt like i am gonna die here! The AMS had hit me pretty badly. Could not even have food. It just would not go in!! The group give me paracetamol which kinda helps a bit but i am still not very comfortable. Go to bed uncertain as to what would happen to me tomm!!

Themserku in the morning...