Kay?s Blog ? 1st April 2007

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We are so lucky. We are staying in a beautiful lodge in Pheriche called the White Yak. It is unbelievable. This lodge run by Tsering Phintso, and his wife Maya has a stripped wooden floor in the common room, double glazing, tiled bathrooms and toilets, and a lovely sun house.

Beatrice, a family friend of the lodge owners, served a fantastic French Onion Soup, The food today has been just as good. The lodge owners are bountiful hosts, and I am sure that our trekkers will have an excellent stay here.

I have spent the day updating the website. Many of the team have been commissioned into writing articles for me, and they are all rising to the challenge. I was particularly pleased to find that Michael, one of the IMAX crew, was a geographer. He has written a short history of the birth of Everest.

Currently, I am sitting in the lodge common room, listening to the rest of the core team murder the song Maggie May by Rod Stewart. This is after a hard day?s work. Nikki is now about to sing ?I try? by Maisie Grey. Nikki used to be in a band back in Holland, and it shows. She is ably accompanied by Nigel on the guitar. We are causing the Sherpas quite a lot of bemusement. They are standing around watching the whole spectacle.

The core team have brought several guitars, a drum and a shaker to keep themselves entertained. Nigel Hart spent a lot of time preparing a Caudwell Xtreme Everest song book, so no one has any excuses. Surely, it will be good practice for the breathing in the thin atmosphere.

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