Rest day at Thame. Its much colder here and when the sun is not shining you feel it. The everest team trek up to the monastery where a puja ceremony has been arranged by the local monks. Partha said it was a very rhythmic and soothing chanting and the climbers were then all given the blessed scarves (kharta). They then went on to visit a local artist who had been trading in Tibet and on one his trips he had been caught out on a pass in a storm and was trapped in a snow-hole for 4 days wrapped only in the blankets that he was meant to sell. He survived but with frost bite to his hands and feet. He now only has the stumps of his fingers but has learnt to paint for a living.
Parthas friend Dave is now unwell and coughing not a good sign. I am down with a bug – its time for us to turn back and start our trek back down as the everest team trek further up tomorrow.
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