Today was another rest day. As it was a rest day, we started to scale Nankar Tshang ,a mountain next to Dingbuche. We got up to about 5000 meters, (The peak was at 5083m) before our lack of planning and Diamox in our system enouraged us to turn back. We should have taken gloves and our down feather jackets ~ we knew better from Gokyo Ri. Kempy went up in shorts and a T-shirt, so I was impressed with how war he pushed it in the freezing cold and thin air. Tonight we’ll resume our Diamox diet for the rest of the trip. Tomorrow Lobuche, the day after Gorarkshep and Kala Patthar (from were we can hopefully see everest!) at 5540m, which will be the highest point of our trip. The day after: Base camp. We also appear to be a day ahead of schedule somehow. Oh, and the Kindle ran out of battery today, and I appear to have left the charging cable in Kathmandu with the gear we didn’t take. Ah well 😀 I’ve found myself quite fond of two local drinks: Bournvita – some sort of hot chocolate type drink and Milk tea: I think it’s just black tea with condensed milk and a touch of sugar. If I were to do this sort of trip again, there’s a couple of things I’d do differently, and a couple of things I’d take: * Air freshener for the dirty clothes bag * Box of Hygenic wipes for shower replacement * Solar USB charger Buying a quality sleeping bag that doesn’t make me sweat like crazy would also be a good idea. The hired ones keep me warm, but they don’t breathe at all. I’ve got no idea how much it’d cost, but it’d be cool to have a O2 saturation and heartbeat monitor. Finally a quality beanie. Anything’s better than nothing, but the promotional citrix one I have is not ideal. For water purification, a steripen and a large bottle to sterilize the water in. This would prevent us from using countless plastic bottles and is probably my biggest regret about not planning ahead enough for this trip. Sneakers, rather than flip-flops, for walking in something else than boots for a while at hostels, to give the boots a chance to air out. A hanky for each day or two of travel would also be a good idea.