re: I’m off to Everest Base Camp!

Hey er’body, currently we are back down at Lobouche. We got to base camp sometime after noon local time where we established camp near the famous Base Camp rock,,,,it was very cold. We ate some fried rice prepared by our Sherpa team, who we could not have done this trip without them. After that we trekked into the Kumbu Ice Fall where there are glaciers the size of many buildings in Lft/BR/NOLA,,,,giants,,,,,there are rivers that run through the ice fall,,,,later around 5pm we witnessed our first avalanche,,,,it’s kinda like throwing a hand grenade,,,unless you’ve done it you cannot imagine it,,,,,then the snow started, and it didn’t end until daybreak. We waited patiently for the crowds to exit the famous Everest Base Camp rock so we could take the obligatory pictures. We waited for them to leave because our trekking group is the only one with permits to sleep at Base Camp, these were day hikers and had to leave around 3pm to get back to Gorak Shep. We ate Dal Bhat prepared by the Sherpas and turned in for the night fairly early. In the middle of the night, we heard another huge avalanche,,,this time the ground shook and we felt the wind shake the tents,,,,it was way close,,,,upon waking up it was noted to be right behind our camp. We descended back down to GorakShep for breakfast and now in Lobouche for lunch, heading to Periche’ for supper and an overnight. I’ll send another update in the next couple days