Our last morning in Macherno and after breakfast some of the team decided to run part of the route for the day. I decided to run the approximately 6k to Dole and meet Menai for a coffee there. It was a pleasant run but the uphills needed quite a bit of effort. I managed to get a little lost coming into Dole and came a cropper trying to rectify the error. There was not too much lasting damage and the worst thing was a cut to the little finger on my right hand. After a bit Menai came storming in having run the downhills in her boots. We then decided that after lunch we would go back down to Namche to buy her some decent running shoes. After our coffee in Dole we walked down to Phortse Tenga for a lovely early picnic lunch. At 11.50 we set off on the long trek to Namche via the big hill up to Mong La. Interestingly the climb took us the same time as the decent took us 5 days ago! This must be a sign of our improving fitness and acclimatisation. We plodded onto Namche getting the at 2.45 and bought the shoes, had a coffee and apple pie, bought a few odds and ends before heading back to Kyangjuma. We got back into camp having covered about 25k for the day. The camp site was lovely with a really warm lodge to eat in. We both had a wonderful warm shower - my first for 10 days. A great night's sleep at this lower altitude.
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