November 10, 2011

Everest Base Camp

While at Base Camp admiring the unbelievable scenery, the incomparable view of Mt. Everest with the Kumbu Icefall in the foreground and the 27,900 ft. peak of Lhotse creating an impressive cloud against the impossibly blue sky -- I have never seen a blue as deep as at this altitude! - as snow blew off the peak, we had a special bonus. A young Czech Republic couple, Sarka Podlucka and David Cemus had trekked to Everest Base Camp where they were to get ma