Gorak Shep, Nepal Altitude at start of day: 4,900 meters / 16,072 feet To continue my diatribe from yesterday on my displeasure with the state of our Lobuche accommodations, our room is smaller than the others so far. Above us is an attempt at a skylight which, by daybreak, had pooled some just melted water above that began to drip down onto Dave's bed. Upon seeing this, Dave said, “We better hurry up. This room is about to flood.” To make things worse, above my bed is a hole about eight inches in diameter, plenty of room for a rat to crawl through and land on my bed. Even the door is a mess. It was broken at some point in the past and rather than getting a new one the owners patched what was the
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