{"id":471,"date":"2015-04-16T23:10:13","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T06:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/?p=471"},"modified":"2016-03-13T21:37:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T04:37:12","slug":"alls-fair-in-pheriche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/2015\/04\/alls-fair-in-pheriche\/","title":{"rendered":"All&#8217;s Fair in Pheriche"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nice rest day in Pheriche today. \u00a0Spanish omelette for breakfast, then an acclimatization\u00a0hike up a small hill behind the hotel. We went up 1,100 feet in about an hour, revealing wonderful views of the surrounding peaks. \u00a0Ama Dablam from the south side looks very different, still quite austere. \u00a0Baruntse, Island Peak, Makalu, and Lhotse are here\u2026 as well as a good look at Lobuche, including our climbing route. \u00a0It looks beautiful! Eager to get an even closer look from Lobuche base camp tomorrow.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-474\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC004721.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-474\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC004721-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Nak cow and calf in the paddock behind our tea house.\" width=\"604\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nak cow and calf in the paddock behind our tea house.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_478\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-478\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00476_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-478\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00476_2-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The tea house from the beginning of the scree slope.  Blake has set out our solar panels below the window on the far left.\" width=\"604\" height=\"910\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tea house from the beginning of the scree slope. Blake has set out our solar panels below the window on the far left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_496\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-496\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC02836.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-496\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC02836-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Headed up the scree slope behind Pheriche.  (Photo: Justin Merle)\" width=\"604\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Headed up the scree slope behind Pheriche. (Photo: Justin Merle)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-486\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00501.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-486\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00501-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Heading towards the first rest stop.\" width=\"604\" height=\"910\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heading towards the first rest stop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_504\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-504\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC02839.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-504\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC02839-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Phono shows Lopsang (our trekking sirdar) the sights.\" width=\"604\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phinjo shows Lopsang (our trekking sirdar) the sights. \u00a0(Photo: Justin Merle)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_479\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-479\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00481.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-479\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00481-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Justin points out some geological feature to Siva at a rest stop.\" width=\"604\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin points out some geological feature to Siva at a rest stop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_476\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-476\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00474.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-476\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00474-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Savage mountain lines above Pheriche.\" width=\"604\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Savage mountain lines above Pheriche.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_477\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-477\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00475.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-477\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00475-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"The views of the mountains surrounding our valley were amazing.\" width=\"604\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Closer view. \u00a0The views of the mountains surrounding our valley were amazing. \u00a0I think the wall on the left\u00a0puts the Eiger North Face to shame&#8230; and is unclimbed to my knowledge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-480\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00490.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-480\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00490-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Island Peak, a lone sentinal in the middle of the upper valley, conquered by my friend Dave Fredricks some years ago.\" width=\"604\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Island Peak, a lone sentinal in the middle of the upper valley, conquered by my friend Dave Fredricks some years ago. \u00a0Chortens in memory of the fallen can be seen in the foreground.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_481\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-481\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00492.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-481\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00492-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Cho Oyu is the broad corniced snow peak in the background, one of the world's fourteen peaks above 8,000 meters.\" width=\"604\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cho Oyu is the broad corniced snow peak in the background, one of the world&#8217;s fourteen peaks above 8,000 meters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-487\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-487\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00506-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"A stupa stands watch over the valley below.\" width=\"604\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stupa stands watch over the valley below.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_488\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-488\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00510.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-488\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00510-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Ama Dablam, seen from an unusual angle here, behind the stupa.\" width=\"604\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ama Dablam, seen from an unusual angle here, behind the stupa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-483\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00494_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-483\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00494_2-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dengboche town from the crest of the scree slope.\" width=\"604\" height=\"910\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pheriche\u00a0town from the crest of the scree slope.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_505\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-505\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC02847_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-505\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC02847_2-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dingboche town lies on the other side of the scree slope.  Island peak looms above.\" width=\"604\" height=\"910\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dingboche town lies on the other side of the scree slope. Island peak looms above. \u00a0(Photo: Justin Merle)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-484\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00498.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-484\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00498-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Looking up valley, with our next objective over my left shoulder: Lobuche Peak.\" width=\"604\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking up valley, with our next objective over my left shoulder: Lobuche Peak.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_482\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-482\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00493.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-482\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00493-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Closeup of the summit of Lobuche East... our objective will be the snow bulge on the far right of the  image, just above the granite triangle, circa 20,000 feet.\" width=\"604\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Closeup of the summit of Lobuche East&#8230; our objective will be the snow bulge on the far right of the image, just above the granite triangle, circa 20,000 feet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_489\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-489\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00519_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-489\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00519_2-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Wayne, a great trekker in our group, arrives at the break in style.\" width=\"604\" height=\"910\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wayne, a great trekker in our group, arrives at the break in style.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-485\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00500_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-485\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00500_2-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dalton, another great trekker, is always grabbing a perfect photo.\" width=\"604\" height=\"910\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dalton, another great trekker, is always grabbing a perfect photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-491\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00525.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-491\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00525-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Kim is irrepressible.  \" width=\"604\" height=\"910\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim is irrepressible.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I slipped for a step walking down from our high point (circa 15,300 feet), and bent the arm on my go pro steadicam. It still seems to work! Definitely not built for the outdoors\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>We made a sobering visit to the Everest memorial immediately behind our hotel, engraved with the names of everyone lost on the mountain, going right back to Mallory\u2019s Indian porters on the North side in 1922. People have died in the pursuit of this summit\u2026 as they have on virtually all other peaks the world around. And, although I will be perfectly safe on this expedition, as on all others, it is humbling to be a part of an expedition to a place that has claimed lives. This is true of Rainier, Denali, Hood, MSH, Mt Blanc, Aconcagua, you name it. I think Everest garners more attention not only because it is the tallest mountain, but also because it is one where help from the Sherpa people is so essential, and thus puts them at risk as well as the western climbers. All of us do everything possible to reduce risk for everyone here, regardless of ethnicity or origin.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-494\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00533_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-494\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00533_2-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Everest Memorial, engraved with the names of everyone lost on the mountain.\" width=\"604\" height=\"910\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Everest Memorial, engraved with the names of everyone lost on the mountain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00531.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-493\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00531-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00531\" width=\"604\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-492\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00528.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-492 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC00528-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"DSC00528\" width=\"604\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This was taped to the side of the memorial&#8230; wish it were properly engraved somehow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Next we vsited the Himalayan Rescue Association, A nice canned talk was given by an ER physician from SLC. Aimed at the gaggle of teen trekkers, but also acknowledged us climbers. I did not realize that HRA was founded in 1973 when several Japanese trekkers died of complications of AMS. Good, sound advice was given, especially regarding the importance of a slow, gradual ascent, which is precisely what IMG does up here. As if to underscore the importance of this, a young bloke was flown by helicopter back to KTM right before our eyes due to high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). We are only at about 14,000 feet, so this is humbling to see.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_501\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-501\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC02858.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-501\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC02858-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Sitting through a rather nice briefing by a US physician at HRA... As if to drive the point home, a young British bloke got flown down valley due to acute mountain sickness.  \" width=\"604\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sitting through a rather nice briefing by a US physician at HRA&#8230; As if to drive the point home, a young British bloke got flown down valley due to acute mountain sickness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I met a person called Ruben who is married to a doctor here at HRA. He interviewed me as part of a project he is trying to get off the ground re: climbing Everest. We\u2019ll see whether this takes off.<\/p>\n<p>WiFi started working again in the evening, albeit very slowly, and I labored for some hours to get a blog post up from several days ago. Very aggravating! But, worth it of course.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_497\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-497\" style=\"width: 604px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC02856.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-497\" src=\"https:\/\/pottinger.net\/osm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC02856-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"WiFi... The struggle continues....\" width=\"604\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WiFi&#8230; The struggle continues&#8230;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There was a lunar eclipse tonight, and for a time we toyed with climbing the hill behind Pheriche again, to get a look at this \u201cblood moon.\u201d However, cloud cover did not look favorable, and at the last moment Blake found a website that claimed poor visibility in Nepal anyhow, so we were spared the effort of a nocturnal hike, which was nice given that I had just suffered through a bracing shower, and was working on getting warmed up again.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight a snow storm is predicted to move in, and this may make for a tough trek tomorrow. But, of course, we are all prepared and raring to go.<\/p>\n<p>The tea houses are smoky and not particularly conducive to a hygienic lifestyle\u2026 plus, the bedrooms are truly freezing cold (unheated, and the buildings are made of stone). Looking forward to getting up to Lobuche base camp tomorrow, where we are more in control of our environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nice rest day in Pheriche today. \u00a0Spanish omelette for breakfast, then an acclimatization\u00a0hike up a small hill behind the hotel. 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