The excitement is building. Pack bags and drums (tick), last minute errands (tick), fuel up on protein and desserts (tick tick), fly out to Lukla without hiccups (tick tick tick !!). And they are off. The team is a few days behind the Canadian Lhotse team who are already in Namche.
It’s a chilly spring with the mountains surrounding Lukla covered in snow. The group trekking up with Sumit includes Chris Burke (Lhotse, Australia/NZ), Carol Masheter (EBC, Island peak…already an Everest summitter, USA), Margaret St Hill (Everest, Australia) and Warren Townsend (Everest, Australia). Keep posted for news from the trail.