Sorry for the delay

Hi all

Ok we've been having some serious technical issues. The movie has been ready for over a week, but it seems to have a bit of a bug (and yes, I've reexported it several times) and refuses to post.

In light of the headache, what I'm going to do for this one is type the contents of the film with some pics so you have an idea of what's going on...

Everest Day 6 & 7

Hi there, this is both the day 6 & 7 report as on day 6 my camera battery cacked out on me. I've just been able to recharge it now, it costs about $5 for the use of an outlet for 1 hour. Things up here in the mountains get pretty expensive that way.

(cough) Health is still not great. In fact, we just adjusted the plans of the hike unfortunately around my health. Because of the fact that I'm still dealing with this cold and we're getting to higher and higher altitudes and to top it off, and old knee injury has come into play as well.

(laugh) It's very humbling being up here in the mountains. Whether it's the mountain itself you have to deal with or just the physical limitations of your body. I'm generally in good health, I'm the type who'll stick around at the gym and do a second class. But up here, if your body just decides ; no, that's not happening, then it makes up it's mind and that's the case.

so right now, Sandy and our guide are off on a day hike. Our guide was desperate to get me to come with them, but as I explained; the reason we're spending a second day here is for me to rest and get better. and a 5 hr day hike defeats that purpose. So I'm just taking the day and resting today

But yesterday was about a 6 hr hike, it was a good long one. Toward the end we were literally walking through the clouds. as our elevation changed, so did the scenery. We went above the tree line, so there is nothing more than small shrubs at this point. The place has a bit of medieval feel to it with the stone fences and such at this height. As we were coming through the clouds coming to this new kind of landscape, it reminded me of the land of Modor from Lord of the Rings.

so far, so good, I am feeling a little better today (although visually, I look terrible) and if all goes as planned it should be 3 days to Everest base camp so I'll keep you tuned

Namaste

note: we woke up the next morning to the sound of a shovel, yes, they had an unseasonal snow fall during the night on the little town - and yes, that first pic is of someone's laundry!