Mike Tyson, drunkards and day 4

The evening of day three and the walk of day four has brought this trip into sharp focus and the team down to earth.

Last night over dinner we started to notice our hearts racing. Checking pulse rates, all nine of us, at rest, were running at least50% above normal. So much so that you could hear your heart above the conversation!! It was both fun and a little scary at the same time!

For many, including me for the first time, the day brought on some symptoms of altitude sickness. Peter went very giddy, I had a woozy headache and Jez felt awful. None of the symptoms were that bad though and were manageable - until we tried to sleep. Trying to fall asleep with your heart beating so fast was difficult to impossible. Peter had a great nights sleep however as did a few others and they awoke in good spirits. Sadly Charlie and I had another sleepless night and that hasnt helped. Once we got going however my tiredness disappeared and I now feel fine. Not perfect but pretty good. Put it this way, Mike Tyson has had a few rounds inside my head but he retired in round three !!

Peter has had both a brilliant and awful morning. Half way through the walk he got real altitude sickness and his eyesight blurred and the world span for half an hour. Fantastically however he walked through it ( a real show if strength I must say as he was not in a good place) and it has gone !!! The locals were very impressed. We hope it has gone for good.

We are now at 12500 feet and at camp. We are all in very good spirits and ready for a huge and hard climb tomorrow. This is an amazing adventure and I would not swap it for anything.

Wish us luck.