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13/05/07 John Caudwell

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After a couple of days? rest, Diamox, Ventolin, Zopiclone and any other tablet that anyone thought would help, I was about 80 per cent better. Oh! And of course, a few prescription whiskies?
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09/05/07	John Caudwell
Pill box Pete reporting back in action Pill box Pete reporting back in action after 4 days of bad health and tough decisions. 19 messages
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05/05/07	John Caudwell
Everest Base Camp On Wednesday we trekked from Gorek Shep to Everest Base Camp (5300m). 23 messages
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03/05/07	John Caudwell
Glaciers! Yesterday we left Pheriche (4,250m / 13,944ft) for Lobuje at 4,940m / 16,207ft, a total climb of about 2,300ft. 15 messages
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30/04/07	John Caudwell
No frills Pheriche I gave up trying to sleep without help. A 175mg tablet of Zopiclone gave me the first proper night's sleep in the last eight days. Saturday was an acclimatisation day in the "no-frills Pheriche". 15 messages
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28/04/07 John Caudwell

Sleep Apnoea!
Well, the tinnies worked and I slept much better, but not all night ? maybe I need to double the dose.
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26/04/07	John Caudwell
Ceroc and a few tinnies! Yet another night of apnoea ? sleeplessness as a result of altitude. Perhaps I should have followed doctor?s orders after all and downed my bottle of penicillin-facaded Scotch whisky. 14 messages
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25/04/07	John Caudwell
At Namche Bazaar Finally we left Kathmandu for Lukla (2,840m / 9,317 ft) on April 22 to experience probably the best 40 minute flight of anybody?s life. 22 messages
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22/04/07	John Caudwell
Crampon Fun Simon Lowe, the MD of Jagged Globe, kindly went into town and found me the same cutting edge crampons only many sizes bigger to fit my large Sportiva Spantik boots. 14 messages
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20/04/07	John Caudwell
John Caudwell's blog I?ve just come out of the London Clinic lab at The Summit Hotel in Kathmandu, where I?ve had the first of a series of in-depth medical tests. 8 messages
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