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Wednesday 5 April 2017 Testing day! Up early and down to the communal area for blood pressure recording, sats and the dreaded step test. My levels seem to be ok, and my heart rate after doing the two minute step test only increased by 4 so at the moment I don’t seem to be affectedContinue reading “#35 Day 10: Namche, Nepal”

Tuesday 4 April 2017 Not one to get a good nights sleep when at home, when the alarm went off at 6am I felt as if I hadn’t slept a wink – although my room mate begged to differ as apparently at some point I snored … Breakfast was porridge, omelette and toast and weContinue reading “#34 Day 9: Monjo – Namche, Nepal”

Monday 3 April 2017 Up at 5am for a 5.30am breakfast, we were due to leave for the airport at 6am. As there are between 40-50 people in the whole group we were going in different tranches and the first group had already left for the airport. Word filtered down that was a delay atContinue reading “#33 Day 8: Kathmandu – Lukla – Monjo, Nepal”

As it’s not that easy to get access to Wi-Fi, and i don’t always get a chance to write, I’m a bit behind with my posts. I thought I’d interrupt the story to report that I made it to Everest Base Camp on Friday 14 April!! I’ll fill you in when I get to theContinue reading “#32 **Stop Press!**”

Sunday 2 April 2017 After eating the meat at the BBQ, my tummy was a bit uncomfortable and I didn’t really sleep very well. We had to go for testing between 7-8am so Amanda (my room mate) and I got up at 7am and went to the lab.  The Xtreme Everest team are doing variousContinue reading “#31 Day 7: Kathmandu, Nepal”

Saturday 1 April 2017 Woke up early again and packed before breakfast, and had my last scrambled egg, toast and sautéed potatoes at Rokpa. Went out to change some money and wander round the stupa one last time and then said my goodbyes to the older man, Shiva, who worked there and I had gotContinue reading “#30 Day 6: Kathmandu, Nepal”

Friday 31 March 2017 After my usual scrambled eggs, toast and sautéed potatoes and bush tea for breakfast, today I was on a mission to buy some walking poles and possibly some woollen mitts which I’ll apparently need on base camp day. The place to go was Thamel, where I had gone for drinks withContinue reading “#29 Day 5: Kathmandu, Nepal”

Thursday 30 March 2017 Reality strikes me today as I wake up at 4.30am and can’t get back to sleep. The first few days I was swept up in the hustle and bustle and are eager to get out there and explore, but it’s been full on and I’m feeling tired. Also, I know IContinue reading “#28 Day 4: Kathmandu, Nepal”

Wednesday 29 March 2017 I had been corresponding with a girl called Steph, here with her boyfriend Ollie, who was conducting some research of her own for a PhD and was already in Kathmandu. The Xtreme Everest organisers were also here as they were giving a two day conference this week, so I was dueContinue reading “#27 Day 3 (pm): Kathmandu, Nepal”

Wednesday 29 March 2017 After going to bed around midnight after finishing my blog, I was woken up by an insistent rhythmic tapping at around 6.30am. This was punctuated by some other louder bangs from time to time and sounds of men talking. My room is right at the front on the ground floor andContinue reading “#26 Day 3 (am): Kathmandu, Nepal”