Kathmandu was great but we were all pretty happy to take the 19 passenger plane that brought us to the quieter side of Nepal. What can be said about the landing in Lukla?!? The landing strip of about 250 meters long ends in a mountain wall!! I'm not usually scared with airplanes but, let me tell you that this time I thought that was it!!!

Anyway.....here we are now in Namche Bazar. The feeling of being in the middle of those giant mountains and to look into the eyes of the Nepali people is hard to describe with words. All I've seen, read or heard about this place before coming here is nothing compared to how great Nepal actually is.

Ok.....let's talk about climbing now!! Unfortunately, it's warmer here than usual and the mountains conditions are not as great as we were hoping for. None of the ice lines around Namche are possible to climb.

On Sunday, we hiked up towards Thame to have a look at Kwangde Lho and Teng Kangpoche but alot of the ice is missing on both of them to try a new route attempt.

Happily, our little group stays positive and we believe that we're going to find a perfect line that is just waiting for us around the corner!! There's so much possibilities.

So.....the plan for the next days is to keep exploring and we will let you know when we find our perfect match.

A.G.