Today is the Nepali/Hindu New Year. We celebrated New Years Eve last night by inviting the Extreme Everest doctors (Sara and Jim) over to the HRA Clinic for some drinks. We had found some Nepali rum which we mixed with either pineapple juice or Coke. We also had some whiskey of Chris and Penny's, and Sara and Jim brought some Pimm's and lemonade which tastes a little like sangria. We must have been thinking tropical. Jeet and Arjun joined the fun, and we stayed up until almost 10:30 pm around the yak dung fire which is a record.
Possibly more amazing, we awoke to go on a morning hike at 6:30 am before breakfast. Then, after breakfast, we went on an even more ambitious hike to 16,600 feet (5070 meters) which was 2,600 feet above Pheriche (800 meters).
We welcomed in the Nepali/Hindu year 2070.
At the pinnacle of our climb on New Year's Day. Amadablam is in the background.
Chris, Hill, Jeet, Arjun, Chris, and Penny enjoy some new year's eve libations.
Looking down the valleys from the height of our climb (~16.6k ft above sea level) . Pheriche is in the valley on the right.
Possibly more amazing, we awoke to go on a morning hike at 6:30 am before breakfast. Then, after breakfast, we went on an even more ambitious hike to 16,600 feet (5070 meters) which was 2,600 feet above Pheriche (800 meters).
We welcomed in the Nepali/Hindu year 2070.
At the pinnacle of our climb on New Year's Day. Amadablam is in the background.
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