| From | To | Distance | Start Elev | Finish Elev | Gain | Total Ascent | Total Descent |
| Thangthangka | Soe | 7.0 | 3622 | 3900 | 276 | 417 | 141 |
My GPS data can be transferred to Google Earth to plot these 3D maps. (Clicking on it makes it bigger.)
This 3rd day started with a beautiful snowy morning.
However, after lunch Mary became seriously unwell. She went from eating lunch to being unconscious in less than an hour. We made her comfortable by the side of the trail and sent for help. It was clear that she had a Cerebral Oedema and was in trouble.
However, after lunch Mary became seriously unwell. She went from eating lunch to being unconscious in less than an hour. We made her comfortable by the side of the trail and sent for help. It was clear that she had a Cerebral Oedema and was in trouble.
We were taken in by a family of yak herders. We got Mary up to their hut about 100 m. up the hill. There we gave her some Dexamethasone and the little oxygen we had ( one tank - less than 2 hours!)
Fortunately we had a PAC - pressurised Air Chamber - better known as a Gamow Bag. We put Mary in it overnight and took turns pumping. Joe and I were helped by Sonam, Tensing and Sonam's cousin. One of our team, Jigme, did our cooking. All we had to do now was get her evacuated by helicopter.
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