Pictured. The team arriving back into Lukla last night. EBC trek completed.
Hi all. Getting to the top of Kalar Pattar is the 2nd biggest challenge of this mighty trek. Flying in/out of Lukla is by far the greater..!
Yes we are now back in Lukla. We completed the 3 day return (from Gorak Shep) arriving into Lukla last night at 5.30pm, via a customary stopover at Mingmas house for a meal and time spent with his family. This is truly a terrific experience.
We then hosted Mingma and our Porters for farewell dinner and drinks at our lodge and this resulted in a long night of laughs, stories and even a little emotion at the end of the evening (and a rather large bill the next morning). You do legitimately build a very real relationship with them over the 11 days of the trek.
We awake this morning to rain and snow....!!! Great...!! We are obviously informed of flight delays due weather. As I write this (9.45am), it's still snowing. Some are saying that the day is still young and things may improve, but given the Lukla pain I've experienced in my previous 6 visits here, I doubt we will be eating at the Everest Steak House in Kathmandu tonight..!
Sue and Sammy are already trying to organise a helicopter ($$$$) to get them back to Kat, as they both have their international flights back to Oz departing tomorrow. The remainder of us will probably wave them a teary farewell and hope for our delayed plane tomorrow. It will be a sad way to finish the trek, the team splitting up and not being able to spend a final night together in Kat.
Or....maybe I'm writing our chances off too early....!
Update later
Hi all. Getting to the top of Kalar Pattar is the 2nd biggest challenge of this mighty trek. Flying in/out of Lukla is by far the greater..!
Yes we are now back in Lukla. We completed the 3 day return (from Gorak Shep) arriving into Lukla last night at 5.30pm, via a customary stopover at Mingmas house for a meal and time spent with his family. This is truly a terrific experience.
We then hosted Mingma and our Porters for farewell dinner and drinks at our lodge and this resulted in a long night of laughs, stories and even a little emotion at the end of the evening (and a rather large bill the next morning). You do legitimately build a very real relationship with them over the 11 days of the trek.
We awake this morning to rain and snow....!!! Great...!! We are obviously informed of flight delays due weather. As I write this (9.45am), it's still snowing. Some are saying that the day is still young and things may improve, but given the Lukla pain I've experienced in my previous 6 visits here, I doubt we will be eating at the Everest Steak House in Kathmandu tonight..!
Sue and Sammy are already trying to organise a helicopter ($$$$) to get them back to Kat, as they both have their international flights back to Oz departing tomorrow. The remainder of us will probably wave them a teary farewell and hope for our delayed plane tomorrow. It will be a sad way to finish the trek, the team splitting up and not being able to spend a final night together in Kat.
Or....maybe I'm writing our chances off too early....!
Update later
