Yak Kharka (4018m)

Our arrival in Yak Kharka had us checking into a minimalist guest house that was even lacking railings on the second story walkway to all the rooms. Fortunately, Yen and I were on the ground floor. I certainly didn’t envy those midnight urinators that had to both freeze and navigate a dangerous stumble to the bathroom. My bottle proved priceless here.
Our acclimatisation walk here consisted of a walk up a hill with nothing at the top. We actually didn’t go up all the way. We probably went up about 150-200 metres, which was apparently enough to have some kind of effect. It was very windy and we were really cold, but we sat there halfway up the hill and chatted for a while before heading back down. We spotted some “blue sheep,” which are more like a kind of mountain goat that are common in the high hills.