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A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Dughla, Nepal by TravelPod blogger Matsamuel titled “Everest Trek Day 7: Dingboche to Dughla” Matsamuel’s travel blog entry: “Dingboche (4410m) to Dughla (4620m). “That does it. Let’s just high-tail it back down to Lukla and get ourselves out of here and back to Kathmandu.” That was my atitude when I woke up this morning. I think much of this came from the relatively bad day I had yesterday being caught up on the hill when the clouds rolled in with the cold intesifying and the blowing snow. But also I think part of it came from the fact that when we woke up we discovered that Mazen’s water left in his water bottle was frozen. My hands were freezing too. I looked at the thermometer: -5 degrees Celsius. It’s a bit funny how you can trek and every day be amazed at the wonderful, ever-changing scenary but at the same time, on a different level, be misearable. Today would be our 7th day of our trek so that can really wear on the body especially considering the altitude, the cold, and even the fact that we haven’t seen a shower in a week now. I think another thing that was wearing on me were the eggs. I was so sick of eggs. Granted, they are a good source of protein and we would eat eggs especially if we didn’t feel comfortable eating whatever meat that some of these dodgy places may provide. But after eating some form of eggs maybe two meals a day I was certainly getting loathesome of them. We had them fried, in an omelette …
