The highest tea house (about 17,000 feet), where we spent two freezing, filthy nights before and after reaching Base Camp. Bronchitis, Khumbu cough, no sleep, no oxygen. The worst drop toilets of the trip. Nicknamed “Satan’s rectum’ by Chris. That took top honors for creativity and fidelity. Reminded me of the star wars bar scene, except the star wars bar was clean and most of the aliens were friendly.

More exhibits from high altitude: pink puffs (??), a meal of yak steak, fries, bok choy and pizza. Thanks Tara for remembering to take pictures.

OK, this is one of the small handful of pictures I came here for. Mt. Everest, indigo sky, prayer flags, Khumbu icefall and base camp. It kicked my *ss getting to the top of Kala Patar but this was the view. I set my chest infection back several days in the process but it was worth it.

we climbed kala patar (18,400 ft) to get views of everest and the surrounding peaks. this was from near the bottom of kp. summit pictures are on the next post.

The pictures are getting sparser. I have very few of Lobuche. It’s probably the combination of hurt back, chest cold, and being way more tired than a person would ever want to be. That doesn’t take away from the scenery.

We kept walking up the Khumbu valley and reached Lobuche. I climbed a hill behind the tea house trying to get a cell signal but failed. The view was good, though. I don’t remember anything about the place. Hopefully someone else will have some more pictures and more memories.