From Lukla to Namche

Greetings all from 4000 meters in the Kumbu Valley;

I cannot even attempt to describe this place….huge peaks everywhere…it’s beautiful.

We flew into Lukla without incident the day before yesterday and trekked to Phatding for the night...pretty mellow hike in that took about 3-hours. Check out the photos of the Lukla airstrip…oh yeah, there’s potential for a lot of wild fun here.

So early this morning we trekked to Namche, where we are now. Google Namche and check it out.

The trek into Namche was pretty brutal trek for the last few hours as it is straight up hill…it was about a 5-hour trek and all in all, it was amazing.

Now we’ll wait a few days in Namche for the Everest permit situation to solidify. It’s all still in the air about the current situation on the mountain at this point. No climbing permits have been issued and we are taking our time enroute as not to arrive too early to find out we have to wait a little longer. Our climbing sherpas' family lives here we can stay with them.

This afternoon we’ll do a little climbing in the Valley right under this awesome view of Ama Dablem...Google this too!

Once we get moving in a few more days, our next stop will be the Pheriche clinic run also by the HRA. The rest of our medical and base camp gear is there. We will spent several days there acclimatizing and getting gear ready for the Everest...unsure when we will depart for there as of yet.

Hope all is well and be safe.

Namaste!

T & K