Richard Feidler
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So I dropped a few of the deck speed to walk the 10 or 14 miles back to Kathmandu.
And then I was stuck in Kathmandu for another two weeks, really sick.
getting thinner all the time.
And then I decided to do the Jamison track, like in Plimsolls, like really, Kate.
It was about a day's walk with some Gurkhas who were fabulous.
They guided us.
And I felt really sick and I stayed up there.
Annapurna, I can still see Annapurna right in front of me.
I stayed up there for a couple of days, lice in the bed.
It was horrible.
And I came back down because I knew I just was getting weak.
Peed into a can and yes, my urine was black.
And I knew that that meant I had hepatitis.
None.
There was an American hospital there.
So I took a sample of my urine there.
They tested it and she said, Kate, you have to get out of here or you're going to die.
You will not survive the winter here.
You have to leave.
Well, then I had to make a decision.