DAY NINE, Sunrise Hike.

📍 Start: Gorak shep, 5020 m.ü.M
🏁 Destination: Kala Patthar, 5643 m.ü.M

Another highlight | didn't want to miss was watching the sunrise from Kala Patthar.🌄
At 4am we set off from Gorak Shep with our headlamps (mine, of course, had no battery left😆).

I don’t know if it was the lack of coffee, the cold, the sleepless nights, or the many kilometers we had covered over the past few days, but this morning I was completely drained of energy and I really reached my limits.😖
My guide was pushing me the whole way, and finally, we reached the top.🏔️
It was so freezing cold, breathing was difficult, and to top it all off, my drinking water was frozen.😩

If I had to choose again, I probably wouldn't do this trek a second time, hmmmm let's be honest, probably I would.🙈🤭

⏱️ Time to hike: 2.5 hours
🥾 Hiking level: sooooo steep and hard
🌞 Weather & temperature: sooooo cold
🤗 Feelings: reached my limits, felt bad, energy was eempty

The way down was much easier, and my guide and I ran the whole way. The first time that I felt good and warm, this morning. 🙏🏽
Afterwards, we ate porridge and drank black coffee. ☕️My Energylevel was loading.🙏🏽✨
Maybe also because I knew that in a few minutes, the long way back to Pangboche, nearly 1500 meters lower, will reward me, and it would take us more than eight hours to reach this little village.Read more