Partha is doing really well. Dave is not feeling well. My stomach is bearable but cramping thinking of trek back. But when Dave stumbles into breakfast late and makes the statement “I feel like I am drunk”. Everyone stops still and our team doctor then steps up to take his stats. So for you docs out there:
Blood Oxygen saturation level: 50-55% (comparison others were around 93%)
RR: 30
BP: 158/90
Fluid on his right lung
Only way to cure david is to get down ASAP! He is no state to walk, no state to sit on an animal to get back down the thin dry treacherous paths….executive decision made by Tim…HELICOPTER!!! Our porter had already run down with our things and our climbing sherpa had to run after him to tell him to come back!!
In 2 hrs the helicopter will arrive from Kathmandu – flying conditions are good. The lodge owner even manages to get her daughter on board from Kathmandu . We head for the landing area and say our last goodbyes. A few hours later you hear the propellers and a helicopter whizzes around and lands. We are ushered up quickly and disappear over the hills waving goodbyes to the Everest team and for me to say last goodbyes to Partha. Good luck and my prayers are with them. They are all an amazingly strong team, fighting fit and with a great team leader they are definitely ready for this extraordinary challenge.
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