Gorgeous views of the mountains right outside the room this morning. The moon was still out when we got out of the room – up and over the mountains. Josh also pulled out his portable speakers and we had a bit of Dire Straits to kick off the morning breakfast.
It has been a little tough with the knee as we go up and down the mountain. Apparently it is my ITB in the left thigh that is strained and it is hurting the knee. This problem takes away a lot from the trek and the photos. Everyone has been very nice and pitched with extra poles, advise to stretch the knee and the band specifically. However, the pain narrows one’s focus. I tried a global economies conversation with Denys and Nimah to distract me but I thinbk I was a rather lackisidical participant. I hope the knee problem clears up soon.
1334 hours, Orsho, 4190 meters
Some interesting firsts on this trek yet
- We’ve crossed the treeline
- We went to a 150 year old monastery today – a lot of the work is being redone and the monks were eating lunch. They were happy to chat but spoke no Hindi or English
- We saw our first set of mountain goats – we’d been seeing the jogpey (cross between yak and cow) for a while but the goats are a new phenomenon
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