Or 11286 feet, for those of you still using that antiquated customary system.
We are in Namche Bazar, just a stone's throw away from the world's tallest... internet cafes. That is why they charge $10 an hour and also why this post will be very short.
We are alive and well, and as of tomorrow will be hiking for about 10 days up to the Everest Base Camp and back, so the next update should be around March 4th.
You may ask how the trek has been going so far?
Well, it's been cool, but it has its ups and downs...
Ha! That's an old trekker's joke. Anyhow, we are healthy, still have all of our fingers and toes, and the weather is looking much better than two days ago (when it was snowing from sunrise to sunset). And for your quick reading pleasure, here are two of our almost daily food purchases: A $1.50 Snickers bar (although in this village they are only 90 cents!) and for lunch a big ol' bowl of Ramen noodles, moderately priced at $0.90 to $1.25. Or, in American terms, about the cost of 15 packs of Ramen noodles. We've also been consuming mass quantities of coconut cookies, which come in packs of 16 and last about five minutes in our numb hands.
That's all for now, we hope everyone is doing well and look forward to waving hello when we return, provided we still have our hands.
