Day 5

Day 5
We are in the departure lounge waiting for our flight. Yesterday was along day waiting for the weather the clear. We left the airport at 2:30pm, disappointed and tired. However, there were people in the airport who had waited for up to five days and still had not made it out of Lukla.

There is a book, "Into Thin Air" by John Krakauer which documents the Everest disaster of 1996. It was a watershed in the recent history of  Everest expeditions. Inexperienced mountaineers paid  guiding firms large sums of money to reach the summit. Many poor choices were made in 1996 and 12 died. Many of the climbers got a condition referred to in the book as summit fever,  where they put their goal of reaching the highest mountain in the world over their own personnal safety.

Yesterday, we could appreciate how poor choices are made. However, safety seems to be a prime consideration of Exodus and the other travel firms. The group I am with have a great attitude and we remained positive despite the disappointment of not getting a flight.

Thanks for all your personnel messages of support and the kind donations we have received for the Make a Wish Foundation. I would appreciate it if you could forward the details of the blog to friends and colleagues to raise awareness of the work of the Foundation. I have a Nepalese SIM card and hope keep you posted our progress when I can get a signal or internet connection.