Everest marathon 28th November

Everything was frozen in the morning but despite this we both had a good night's sleep.  After breakfast we set off for Gorak Shep ( the start of the race 5100m) where we will be sleeping the night before the race. We have the chance to climb Kalar Pattar (5623m) after getting to Gorak Shep but we were not sure if we really felt like it.  The walk up to Gorak Shep was really rough with some pretty awful moraine to cross and will make for a pretty tough couple of miles of the race. It took a couple of hours to get up to Gorak Shep and we were both a little tired. However after a coffee we both set off for the top of Kalar Pattar with Menai unsure if she would get to the top. We both plugged on to the top. I took about 1 1/2 hours to get to the top where it was very windy and a bit precipitous.  I took the obligatory photos including a couple with Nima and then headed down. After about 15 minutes I met Menai so went back up to the top with her.  We had a gentle descent and then had lunch before heading back to Lobuche. We got back at about 3.45, so quite a long day.