Greetings all;
Awoke this morning to lots of water being thrown from high places! Today is the Napali holiday of Holi. A celebration of water and color. It’s looks sort of like some kind of crazy national water balloon fight and you’re in it whether you’re armed or not. And faces were painted and painted for you, whether you wanted it done or not using dye powder…it’s a wild and crazy scene!
Praying for world peace is the theme for the holiday and good God do we ever need that…so bring on the water balloons!
So after awhile, we took shelter on the roof of the hotel to hide from the constant barrage of water projectiles. It was a great vantage point to dry out and watch while charging the solar system for the trek into base camp.
As of today, everyone in our group has arrived to Kathmandu and it looks like we will depart for Lukla on the 25th. The next few days will be spent dialing-in gear for the expedition. The Docs for this years expedition include an ER doc from Denver (go figure), and an emergency Doc from Australia and the camp director, Dr. Luanne Freer, from Montana.
Word has also come down the line that Everest will remain open for the climbing season. The only stipulation is that no expedition can make a summit bid until after May 10th...but let’s see since the news seems to change from day to day...so stay tuned.
Hope all is well. Take care and be safe!
Tayloe & Kristin
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