Day 8. Bhraga-Yakharka. The height reduces the oxygen level and complicated movements. At first it is imperceptible, but then it will increasingly notice. The dawn of our eighth day of the Annapurna circuit is overwhelming. The sun silver makeup mountain peaks. At this time there are no clouds. Only hear the sound of nearby waterfalls. Salimos ready to walk again, although the day today is short. At this level should not and make great efforts, plus, and not sleeping well.
But, against the advice of my body, today I opted for the risk, so after reaching Yakharka, Our destination for the day that lies a 4.050 meters, I've gotten under his belt one Dal Bath, that is traditional Nepali dish and takes lentils, rice and vegetables, and I enrolled in a trip to a viewpoint from which you can see the Chulu Peak, another tower almost 7.000 meters.
The "cheaters" were Harvey and Sara, two firefighters Stooges. Sara triathlete, and is very, very strong. A Javi very beginning I lost, it spurs me. Reaching the viewpoint, with heart rearing, the views are spectacular and, attention, Most animals: There are deer in the Himalayas, and even wild goats with horns honorable. And small flowers in places unthinkable.
Back We have dined at the restaurant of a fantastic guy, Muj called and spent a few years in the United States. He told us the story that I promised last week. He told us that in this area of ??the mountains, where are all Buddhist and Tibetan customs are, when a person dies the Lama decides whether that person is air, land, water or fire. And then, if air, legs, chest arms and feeds him the vultures. Because your religion says that the body is nothing, the only thing that matters is the soul. So the body is used to feed other creatures. And I suppose that if the person has been ill, Vultures do not eat your meat, and rots.
If the person decides Lama is water, his body thrown into the river to feed the fish. If land has been, comes to earth, food for worms, and other animals. And if it was fire, your body burns, and the ash is a small stupa and stones are filled with prayers and mantras that ship with the wind to the world.
Muj also told us that good people are reincarnated into another human, but if you've been bad, then reincarnated as worms and ants, and start from zero in the animal scale and take many lives to be human again.
I haven't sleep for two days. It is one of the tolls of altitude sickness. Some people have serious headaches, who loses the argument and who, like me, during the day is fine, but spends sleepless nights.
Good Stories, we sound like so different and we take them to bed with the feeling of being part of a dream. It's cold, and can not sleep ...
Day 9. Yakharka-Thorung Pedi. The last day before the challenge can be done by stopping in the village (the village is a mean) the Thorung Pedi, that is 4.450 meters, or arriving at Base Camp, found 500 meters above. The dilemma is this: if you upload more, So you take off for the final day, but then you have to sleep above, which is more complicated. In my case, I confess, and not sleep for two days. It is one of the tolls of altitude sickness. Some people have serious headaches, who loses the argument and who, like me, during the day is fine, but spends sleepless nights.
The landscape is almost lunar now. Bare rocks and lots of ice everywhere. It's nice too, your way. When we got to Thorung Pedi, where we decided to stop, have coincided with some super athletes who participate in a high mountain Raid. We see them get killed, faint, and we have that 44 it's already started 12 who have retired. Firefighters from my gang are mixed with them to chat and hear stories. There's a girl who has had to go for altitude sickness. Now bodies reach the limit of their strength. The next day starts at three o'clock. I already explained why that is the early start. Next week. Si Venis, crowned together.
