Greetings from Thagnak

​Greetings from Thagnak, at 14,200 feet! We covered the 2,700 vertical feet in just under 4 hours, making great time.
 
3 hours into the hike we visited a monastery, built into a cave. The resident monk seated us at a small table, where we were given a history lesson about the area and the monastery- what a great experience!
 
Our tea house is cozy, but nice, and the food appears to be better than our previous lodging - I had a yak steak with fries. Speaking of yaks, we saw our first yaks and naks today. Apparently, naks are female yaks, so when I wrote about a yak milk latte a couple of days ago, the picture might not have been so appetizing!
 
Rick had a bad day and is not feeling well - we will see what his future holds. The rest of us our doing well - the key now is to drink lots of water and keep eating, which are both not easy tasks at altitude.