Oct 28: Chunking, Nepal, 15,705'

It has been a pleasant day of rest here in Chukung, following a trek of 2.5 hours from Dingboche. Having met our climbing Sherpa along the way we were happy to be passed by the porters bringing up our climbing equipment, last seen in the airport at Kathmandu.

The afternoon passed with inspection, sorting and checking of our gear, and running down missing or forgotten pieces at the various gear shops that have sprung up here in the last few years, but mainly enjoying the sun and recovering our strength from the exertions of the last few days and what I hope are the remnants of our URI's.

Tomorrow we advance to Base Camp and, if all goes well, to the summit the following nite.

Namaste,
Jim Ronning