Last night in Dinboche was cold. Damn cold. It's the first time I was pretty much shivering all night long. It was snowing when I went to bed and nighttime lows were around -5C. Remember no heat in our lodge and when nature calls it's an outhouse. The outhouse isn't the problem, it's getting out of your sleeping bag when it's -5C that's the problem. Oh I miss the J.W. Marriott! Today we are staying in Dinboche but doing a day trek to Narajan peak at 5000m. As it...

Today we started the day at about 9am and left Pangboche for the next stop on our trek Dingboche at 4400m. The trek wasn't easy but it wasn't that hard either. It was good to have a moderate day to give our bodies a chance to recover a bit. I have to say now that the terrain that I struggled to get up on day one and day two with a racing heart beat and being completely out of breath, I can now do without too much trouble. I think I am actually getting fitter a...