April 26, 2007

"No one is completely useless — They can always serve as a bad example." — Anonymous

We are in place for a summit bid on Island peak tomorrow morning. We are camped at a place I call high high camp as we are at least 100m above high camp which leaves ~ 500m to scale tomorrow. I was joking with Kaji about whether we were going to camp on the summit as we kept climbing well after passing high camp. I'm estimating a return trip of about 6 hrs tomorrow, we have less altitude to climb but the climb will be much more technical. We can then begin the long march back to Lukla. Not really much to write about except I'm quite lethargic and want to nap.
I love down, so comfy and warm and compressible and light weight. Another reason I love down? My jacket smells like jalopeno nacho cheese, yummm. I think I must spend about 1/4 of my time thinking of food.
Kaji and the porters (hey that would make a great band name!) are certifiably insane, they're all running around up here bare footed like hobbits. The temperature at best is 0 and there is snow on the ground, nuts! My feet are cold and I'm wearing my mountaineering boot liners, inside my cozy tent, just nuts!