Day 9 (26 Oct, Mon) Loboche - 4930m

This morning, I woke up at 1236am, as I was having a headache.

I put on my head-lamp and went to the toilet, as the diarrhea was still giving me problem.

I knew that the chances of me going to climb Kala Patthar was slim.

Tears started to roll down my cheek, as I was overwhelmed with disappointment.

(It sounded abit stupid now, but I was really disappointed)

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5am in the room.

There was no light in the room.

We had to depend on our headlight.

And it was COLD at night.

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I felt better in the morning - mild headache, but I thought I could handle it.

Hence, I decided to trek with my friends to Kala Patthar.

Unfortunately, after 15mins of trekking, my headache intensified very quickly.

I knew that if this continues, I would not be able to take it.

I decided to give up and head back to teahouse and wait for them.

Waving bye to my friends.

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Walking back to the Teahouse alone.

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Corridor inside the Teahouse

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How Cold is the Teahouse during the daytime?

I saw an ice cube on the corridor (dunno where the ice came from) @ 10am. Around 12noon, I still saw the ice-cube  but it was smaller.

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Nuptse

(taken from the restaurant of the Teahouse)

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Teahouse Restaurant

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Price List:

1 bottle of 1-litre Mineral Water = 250 NRps (S$5)

1bottle of Boiled Water = 180 NRps (S$3.60)

1 Plate of Plain Rice = 300 NRps (S$6.00)

1 Plate of Sphagetti with Tomato Sauce = 450 NRps (S$9.00)

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Compared the bottle of water in Kathmandu 10-15NRps.

That is 17-25 times more expensive.

In Singapore terms, assuming 1 bottle of water is S$1, the equivalent price is like S$17-S$25 per bottle.

No wonder there is no Nepali Tourist.

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Sunset View of Nuptse

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Simply Beautiful

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But when I was looking at this beautiful sight, I was worrying about my friends (HY, AY, Jaya & Milan) who were still outside trekking. PY came back earlier after reaching Gorak Shep, and I knew that she had tried her best (knowing that she won't quit easily), as she did not eat much for past 3 days because of poor appetite and Nausea.

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This was the view at around 5.30pm.

It was already quite dark, and they had been trekking since 7.30am.

After 10 hours of trekking, I still did not see them.

It was really cold outside, I told myself that it was not fun trekking at this temperature.

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They came back finally!!!

I went outside to welcome them at 5.45pm

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Jaya (Assistant Guide) was really happy with his dinner. He was extremely famished.

He was having diarrhea as well (Nepali was not invincible), but he continued with the trek.

Respect!!!

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I was glad that everybody was safe and sound.

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View of the Everest from Kala Patthar (5545m)

(Picture taken by HY)

This is what I missed. =(

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HY also shared with me that he saw a picture of a young caucasian lady who died while summitting Kala Patthar. It is sad and unfortunate.