KKKKK Kathmandu

We are back in Kathmandu after a flurry of helicopter rides. We descended to Khote (11,500 feet)! early in the morning on the 24th,, and after a long drive competition off the helipad with a dozen or so villagers watching intently, we flew to Lukla. What an amazing chopper ride through the Hinku Vslley!

We were then stuck in Lukla, as the weather hadnt allowed any planes in or out for the past 2.5 days. We snagged the final two rooms at the Paradise Lodge (we slept 4 to a room). After our dinner, we got into a singing contest with a large group of very inebriated Brits - we were beaten soundly, but were in much better shape than them in the morning.

IMG pulled all the stops to get us the first helicopter ride out the next morning to Kathmandu (thanks guys!) - there were still hundreds of people waiting to get onto airplanes (which still weren’t flying when we left). We are now in Kathmandu, getting ready to depart over the next day and a half...


I have posted a couple of summit day pictures in the posh below, as well as a video of my climbing the last section to the summit, which was taken by our guide, Kevin. Ashley, one of our climbers, is an avid photographer, and I hope to continue posting pictures here over the next couple of weeks so you can see the incredible beauty that we got to witness first hand....