Namaste from Ghat
It is 6:00am on Tuesday and we are awake and getting ready for the first day of our trek to Everest. We are super excited to start our journey and no longer is it just Kirsten and I on this trek, we have gathered a team now. Kirsten and myself are joined by Michiela from Melbourne, Australia. She will be hiking all the way to base camp with us. For those who have read the other posts, this is the friend Kirsten made her first day in Nepal. We have also invited Emma from Scotland and her boyfriend Jamie from England to join us and they will be with us until Namche Bazaar. We are lead by Jangbu and supported by two Sherpa porters who will be carrying our gear for the next two weeks.
Everyone in our party is quietly contemplating how they will perform on the steep climb at altitude. Everyone appears to be in good shape, but each of us are expressing some self doubt as we prepare to leave. There is a majestic beauty in the mountains that surround us. It is amazing to see how big everything is around us.
I look forward to the adventure and hope each of us in the party does well and stays safe and healthy.
Amen!