Hello Family and Friends,
Tomorrow morning at 6:00am we take off for Lukla to begin an 18 day trek on Mt. Everest. Thus far Kathmandu and Nepal have been a wonderful experience. The people have a genuine sense of hospitality that has been noticably missing from the last two weeks in SE Asia.
My guide is a local mountain climber with a great sense of humor. We went on a tune-up hike today that was filled with explanations of the trek to come and many, many laughs. One of the highlights will be a view of his village on the way to base camp. His relaxing demeanor is quite a relief as we will be spending most of the next 18 days alone together. To date, we will constitute the only expedition on the mountain, which will be an exciting experience.
Since the art of attaching satelite dishes to alpine yacks has not been perfected in Nepal, I will be out of contact until the end of January. My hope is to do some serious "catching up" on the blog in India. The verbiage is written in real time at the end of most days. However, the continued challenge is finding hi-speed internet connections to share the pictures with you. On average, it takes a little over an hour to publish a single day. So, please bare with me. Once hi-speed is found I will dedicate a day to catching up in droves.
Wishing you all an amazing January!
See you on the other side,
Cheers,
Paul
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