Everest View Hotel

At the end of March a friend of ours, Michael Lillioja, invited us to join him on a helicopter trip to the Everest View Hotel at Namche Bazaar. He and his daughter Hannah, were going to fly up to Everest Base Camp while we remained at the Everest View Hotel and then join them for breakfast when they returned. (At Kalapathar, approximately17,000 ft, the helicopter cannot carry more than two passengers and the rotors need to keep turning!) This is Mike and Hannah leaving.

It snowed the night before and everything looked magical.

Mt Everest is on the left, the winds were said to be over 100km/h to get the snow blasting off the summit like that. (Lhotse is on the right)

It was the first time Tiarna and Jenaya had seen snow - yes, within sight of Mt Everest no less! Of course they had to make a small snow man... more of an "icelump man" I think.

The Hotel is at 3880m (two and a half kilometers above Kathmandu) and Jenaya was getting a little sick from the altitude and had to get back on the oxygen in the helicopter.

A great breakfast, then back to the office for lunch. Thanks, Mike and Hannah.

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