2400 Feet Straight Up

This will be the last post for a while, as this is the last stop with internet before we get to basecamp.

We should be back through in about 8 days. Or so.

Yesterday we climbed a straight 2,400 feet. Whoa.

We'll spend two nights at this elevation (yesterday and today) before moving up higher. Today to help aclimitize we climbed to 12,500. Without packs on it was manageable, but we've decided to drop some gear here and pick it back up on our way through.

It's beautiful. And so far the weather has really been on our side. It was in the 60's today, and cloudy. We were hoping to get our first view of Everest today, and we saw part of it for a split second as the clouds parted. But, no rain, so no complaints.

Here is where we've spent the last couple of days.

More pictures next week. :) We're off to the top of the world.