Day 25 - Kathmandu, Nepal

Day 25 - Kathmandu, Nepal
Sudo & I reached our accomodation just before lunch. Michael and the group made it just after lunch. It was great to catch up on stories and tales of poor fitness & injuries. I asked our CEO if I could leave before the group in the morning, he organised an early breaky for Sudo and I and we set off at 6.30am, exactly 1 hour before anyone else. I felt no pressure to keep up and once again I kissed Michael goodbye. The 3rd day was to take 7 hours to descend, more bloody hard work. It was pouring when we left, within no time I was saturated but was happy. Sudo started saying "excuse me" every 5 minutes to check my lower legs for leeches. At first I thought that was disgusting but soon became used to those suckers and didn't care less about how much blood they sucked. I must have had at least 50 on me throughout the day and scars remain today. At 1 point, I was leaning down to take a leech off me and as I stood up, a wild monkey was sitting on the path in front of me. That was an amazing site and hoped Finn and tilly would see it later. They never caught up to me, I arrived 75 mins before everyone else and felt so proud. I remember at one point, Sudo telling me " you are very strong today" that made me smile. This is my story which I have not embellished and will never again do this sort of difficult trek, I am in ore of Sir Edmund Hillary who climbed Everest, truly an amazing man. XxKarinne