October 15 PHERICHE (This post was held up @12 hours due to an Asia-wide satellite outage) – What a day! I almost don’t know where to begin this was such an exciting day. After trekking for 10 days we finally approached our summit day with excitement. It was really hard to get any sleep before making our climb. I was extremely restless.
Wow we are in Nepal! The Soldiers to the Summit expedition is underway. Yesterday we flew from Kathmandu to Lukla. The flight in was exciting. The runway is 450 meters long and ends in a mountain. Organization is not a strong point for the Nepalese. There was confusion at both airports, misplaced bags, and a Frenchman who is lucky to be alive but we made it. It was refreshing to get into the mountains and out of polluted Kathmandu. Our Sirdar, Kami Tensing Sherpa rounded up our porters and we began our trek to Monju for the night. I have been thinking about how to describe the countryside and words can not describe what we are seeing.