From the ecstasy of engagement to the agony of altitude sickness!!!
no joke--Paul surprised the shit out of me and proposed at Everest...though he qualified the proposal stating he wasn't responsible for any of his words or actions at such a high altitude...talk about a memorable place to get engaged!!! of course, I said YES YES YES YES (: unfortunately, the adrenaline of the moment faded as acute mountain sickness took over and squashed our celebration. even though we acclimated for a few days in Lhasa (4000 meters), Everest Base Camp is over 5000 meters (the peak is >8000 meteres--nuff respect to anyone that climbs her--she is a beast!!!)
the ascent kicked both of our arses. we tried to celebrate with some Lhasa beer (made at the highest brewery in the world) but i think we each had about 2 sips (you definitely know we were sick)..we were both overcome by severe headaches (worse than a migraine--felt like the impending doom of an aneurysm)...a sweet tibetan lady literally tucked us into bed at 8pm but we were awake all night--i vomited while he suffered palpitations: it was lovely. the next day we froze on a donkey ride down to our pickup site--we were too sick to hike the 8km (my toes were literally frozen--a nice blue gray hue!)
it was the happiest day of our once in a lifetime trip (:
ciao!
