Namche Bazaar to Lukla, Nepal - Everest Trek Day 8

The hike from Namche Bazaar to Lukla was excruciating. A couple times, at stops for tea, I curled up and caught a few minutes of sleep. I was in the thick of a cold, hacking and coughing, and I think I just was exhausted from the whole trek. I dragged into Lukla 9 1/2 hours after leaving Namche Bazaar. Thank God for my sherpa Kekam taking care of things, because I was almost comatose. I think I ate a few spoonfuls of rice for dinner, but somehow managed to completely consume a warm apple struddle that seemed the most delicious thing in the world to me at the time.