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Day 31 – Iphone 9

Post author:Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
Post published:May 6, 2016
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It was definitely great to sleep in normal altitude (close to 18K feet) without the freezing temperatures from Camp 2 and beyond. But my cold affecting my nose didn’t seem…

Day 30 – Our 2nd Rotation Completed

Post author:Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
Post published:May 5, 2016
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The 4:30am wake up call was not even needed. Both Mark (my tentmate) and I had been up since 4am packing our bags. At least we wouldn’t have to bring…

Day 29 – Camp 3

Post author:Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
Post published:May 4, 2016
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I had a tough evening. Though the NyQuil was a nice way of forcing my sleep, waking up at odd hours to keep hydrating wasn’t too much fun. By 5am…

Day 28 – Camp 3 False Alarm

Post author:Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
Post published:May 3, 2016
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We got up by 5:30am and breakfast by 6am. The weather hadn’t improved and if anything it was windier than originally expected. By 6:15am our Sherpa’s working on the ropes…

Day 27 – A real rest day at Camp 2 and its freezing

Post author:Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
Post published:May 2, 2016
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A short day for me, as it was extremely cold overnight. The cramping gone but my state of mind was too exhausted. Though a little bit of sneezing and symptoms…

Day 26 – Camp 2 and a personal embracing

Post author:Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
Post published:May 1, 2016
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Our day started at Midnight. The plan was to start at 1am and go through the Khumbu icefall with a brief stop through Camp 1 and then our ultimate destination…

Day 24 and 25 – Speedy Medicine, Prep for next rotation and a humble surprise

Post author:Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
Post published:April 29, 2016
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Day 24 The morning started with some great updates, my B12 medicine had speedily arrived from Kathmandu. In addition, we were originally going to depart tonight for Camp 3 on…

Day 23 – A Dr. Checkup and a bummed goodbye

Post author:Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
Post published:April 28, 2016
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I dreaded today. My dearest teammate Paul had made the brave decision of departing from our expedition as he had a family urgency. Paul has been this incredible magnetic gentleman…