Well, we survived another year of KCC. Actually, we had a wonderful year this year with no real problems at all. We all enjoyed that aspect of the year quite a bit.

Our graduation was first thing this morning and lasted for a bit over an hour. Several of us were dressed in traditional Sherpa garb and we all enjoyed it.

I had a lot of loose ends to tie up before leaving Phortse early this afternoon. One of the things I did was to say good-bye to my good friend Karma. He had expressed interest in some sun glasses so I gave him a pair of mine. He seemed to enjoy them.

We hiked to Namche Bazar today where we’ll spend the night before hiking all day tomorrow to Lukla. We hope to fly to Kathmandu on the morning of Feb. 3.

Much to write about but a bit tired this evening. I’ll try to catch up another time.

All the best,

Steve