Judgment

It is day 7 of our 18 day trek and none of us has had a shower yet. It is not so unusual, as most people trekking don't shower. It is just too cold. We are at an altitude of 4420 metres above sea level and most available water is still frozen well into the afternoon. This also narrows washing clothes down to the bare essentials.

The other issue is things just don't dry. I had grand plans of attaching washed items to the back of my backpack with safety pins. This would just be an exercise in futility. It is just too cold!

Instead, we have had to sit around a yak dung fire in a tea house holding our washed personables chest height pulled taught between two hands, kind of like score cards in a game show. I can tell you now; I haven't seen any 10's !

It is amazing how opinions and judgments can be formed sitting opposite a man holding pink undies chest height. I'm hoping they were his girlfriend's.  

x Lisa