A typical breakfast in the Himalaya

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de Barth and Glen Saberton, le 28-03-2007

A typical breakfast in the Himalaya

By Glen Saberton. www.saberton.com

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FOREWORDS: My cycle companion, Glen Saberton, wrote this article and posted it on his blog (www.saberton.com). I thought it would be great to advertise this story as well a share a little more this experience with you... Glen is now cycling alone towards Sydney as his plans are to travel around the world... Thanks, Glen, and fare well !
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I recently received an Email from my newly relocated brother now in Seattle. He described a typical weekends activity for him and his family. It was wonderfull to know a little of how is spending time there so thought I would reply to his mail by describing a typical breakfast morning in the Himalaya. This is what I wrote:

'A typical breakfast in the Himalaya'

1. Open eyes and feel the pain of any inadvertently exposed skin.

2. Scrape ice off sleeping bag and zip.

3. One of the most important things on the mornings doi-ings........Wish my cycle companion a "good morning" through the icy morning world to his tent.

4. Drum up the courage to unzip sleeping bag.......scream out loud as the cold (at least -35 degrees) fills the space.......begin to tremble as I remove 2 of the 4 layers of thick wool leggings, in order to put trousers on.

5. Attempt to clear the ice layered inside the tent and brush it into a corner.

6. Clear ice from inner tent zip and fumbling through 3 layers of gloves attempt to light stove in outer tent. Curse the lack of oxygen and cold that makes this lighting so difficult.

7. Prepare inner tent to receive Bart for the regular morning breakfast party and look at maps etc...

8. "good morning Bart" ......"were you cold in the night?" as we sqweeze together.

9. Tent begins to warm up with 2 bodies and a burning stove, Thermometer now begins to work as temp rises above -20 degrees.

10. Prepare Tibetan (euro style) breakfast.

11. Feel a little warmer with big hats and jacket on.

12. Savour these little moments in the day where we are still, out of the wrath of the wind and have warm food and drink in us. Drink coffee/tea quickly before it begins to freeze solid.

13. Prepare for arctic water collection duties...One person begins to warm remaining camp water to pour into the 7 flasks we carry to prevent it freezing during the day.

14. Other person braces themselves for the blast of cold morning air and launches forth into the bright himalayan morning.

15. Discover the small hole in the ice has frozen over in the night. Carry big rock and go for morning ice walk hunting for a thin spot to crack ...collect water, making sure not to get hands wet plunging them into extreme pain.

16. Dash back to tent and feel the relative warmth of its confines.

17. Discover the tops of the flasks and water carrriers have already frozen closed.....for the 6th time already that morning shout out "bloody cold!"

18. Boil all the water.

19. Spend last moments together before breaking camp.

Notes on breaking camp:

Keep moving!

Use lighter to heat joints of tent poles so they can be pulled apart.

Remember to empty all ice from the tent.

Eat cholote bar before pushing bikes through snow and gravel back onto the "road".

Prey for a tale wind (which never happened).

Gaze at the spectacular mountains and make the first peddle stroke.
posted by glen at 6:53 AM

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