English version below Dans les derniers jours, nous sommes partis de Periche pour aller au camp de base du Lobuche. Lobuche est une jolie montagne de 6,000m qui fera partie de notre acclimatation. Jusqu'à maintenant, nous sommes allés au camp de base et au ‘high camp’ de cette montagne, puis nous sommes revenus à son camp de base. Depuis le 8 avril, nous sommes en tente (et nous serons en tente pour le prochain mois et demi). Il fait pour le moment entre -5 et -15 pendant la nuit. C’est frisquet, mais ce n’est pas encore Froid (avec un grand ‘F’). Nous avons apprécié les belles vues du Lobuche, là où nous nous sommes entraînés et où nous nous sommes habitués à l’air raréfié. Nous sommes montés à 5,100m, puis nous sommes redescendus de nouveau. C’est comme ça qu'on s'habitue. On monte, on descend. On remonte, on redescend. Et graduellement, le corps produit de plus en plus de globules rouges et permet de fonctionner. Pour donner un exemple, une personne qui se ferait téléporter à 5,000m d’altitude instantanément tomberait sans connaissance et mourrait probablement si elle n’était pas évacuée rapidement. Avec la pratique que nous avons eue, je vous écris présentement de 5,300m et je me sens en pleine forme. Je suis évidemment essoufflé dès que je marche ou que j’attache mes souliers, mais tout va bien et je continue mon acclimatation. Monter une montagne est un long processus. Surtout l’Everest ! La prochaine photo mérite une petite explication. J’avais vu quand j’étais petit une annonce de la compagnie The North Face avec des sacs d’expédition sur le dos d’un yack. Je m’étais promis qu’un jour, ce serait mon sac qui serait sur le dos d’une de ces grosses bêtes poilues. Mon sac est le rouge sur le dos du yack de gauche. Check ! Nous sommes ensuite partis vers notre objectif principal : le mont Everest. Nous sommes allés au camp de base (EBC). Une longue journée de marche nous attendait, mais nous avons été récompensés par des vues spectaculaires et par le fait de se sentir bien. Nous sommes arrivés au EBC pour nous installer dans notre nouvelle maison. Je passerai ici près d’un mois alors je dois m’y sentir bien. Dans un prochain billet, je vous ferai visiter mon nouveau domicile. Vous verrez que je suis bien installé pour être à plus de 5,000m, dans des cailloux, de la glace et de la neige ! Et j’ai même internet !
Dans les prochains jours, nous allons faire de la pratique technique et nous allons grimper le mont Lobuche. Nous allons nous pratiquer en escaladant une montagne de 6,000m. De la belle pratique! Je vous embrasse depuis le EBC ! Nic Direct from EBC, at 5,300m ! During the last days, we left Periche to go to the Lobuche base camp. This beautiful 6,000m mountain will be part of our acclimatization process. For now, we went to base camp, then high camp, then back to base camp. Since april 8, we are sleeping in tents (and will be for the next month and a half). The temperature ranges from -5 to -15 for now. It’s frisket, but not yet Cold (with capital ‘C’). We appreciated the views from Lobuche, then we trained with the less dense air. We went to 5,100m, then down. This is how we acclimatize. We go up, then down. Then up again, then down again. Gradually, the body produces more and more red cells and makes it possible to be functional. To give an example, a person being teleported directly from sea level to 5,000m would faint and probably die if not evacuated rapidly. With the practice we had, I am currently writing this blogpost from 5,300m and feeling great. I am of course out of breath as soon as I walk or tie my shoes, but everything is going well and I am continuing my acclimatization. Climbing a mountain is a long process. Especially Everest ! The photo with a yack needs an explanation. I had seen when I was young an add from the company The North Face with expedition bags tied to a yack back. I had promissed myself that one day, it would be my pack on the back of one of these furry beasts. My bag is the red one on the back of the yack on the right. Check ! We then continued towards our main objective : mount Everest. We went to EBC. A big day of walking was waiting for us, but we were rewarded with amazing views and great feelings. We arrived in EBC and got installed in our new house. I will spend more than a month here so I have to make it my home. In an upcoming blogpost, I will give a visit of my new living place. We are very well organised, especially for being on rock, ice and snow at more than 5,000m ! We even have internet ! In the coming days, we will do some technical practice and we will go to the summit of Lobuche. Practicing on a 6,000m mountain. Not bad ! Love you all from EBC ! Nic
13 Comments
Stella
4/13/2015 12:35:45 am
merci, ma fille et mon gendre sont la bas présentement, très très belles photos!
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Nic Dumesnil
4/21/2015 09:30:23 pm
Merci beaucoup ! Ils sont justement à 3m de moi présentement alors je leur dis bonjour de votre part !
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4/13/2015 05:34:25 am
Saaaalut Nic,
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Nic Dumesnil
4/21/2015 09:34:32 pm
Merci amigo ! Et oui, vive internet quand ça fonctionne !
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10/13/2015 08:21:41 am
People usually want to spend their holidays in hilly areas. Some people go to hilly places because of their profession. There are so many people who are related to this field. They do it and earn money.
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10/14/2015 12:11:03 am
People usually want to spend their holidays in hilly areas. Some people go to hilly places because of their profession. There are so many people who are related to this field. They do it and earn money.
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10/24/2015 04:27:58 am
When people free and their holidays ahead they plane to tourism to the some beautiful places and their own camp of that place. They see many highest mountains that look so beautiful. They capture many pictures so that place keeps in their mind.
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12/29/2015 04:44:22 am
Family vacations are still possible if you choose to buy a tent and go camping. Anywhere you choose to camp you will find that your dollars go much further than the traditional hotel stay family trip. If you've never taken your family camping you are in for a treat. Some of the best memories can be found in watching your child catch his first fish or hike to the top of a mountain for a breathtaking view that can't be found anywhere else. Getting away for a few days doesn't have to be impossibly expensive. Buy a tent and head for the nearest state park.
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8/18/2016 07:28:42 pm
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