Itinerary!!!

9/19 - 9/21 
Seattle - LA - Bangkok - Kathmandu (oh boy!)

9/22
Meet up with everyone else in the early evening.  We'll meet and take rickshaws to the "famous" Rum Doodle Restaurant in the Thamel District. 

9/23
Day of briefing, familiarization and sightseeing in Kathmandu.

9/24
Flight to Lukla (9,100 ft) and Trek to Phakding (8,800 ft), 7 hrs
Flight takes about 45 minutes from Kathmandu to Lukla.  We'll meet out porters and yaks that will be with us for the rest of the trip and then head off on the downhill trail into the floor of the Dhub Khosi Valley close to the river, and slowly meander down through the villages of Phakding.

9/25
Trek from Phakding to Namche Bazaar (11,320 ft), 8 hrs
We take off early morning, crossing and re-crossing the river on high suspension bridges to Monjo.  Beyond Monjo is the Sangarmatha National Park.  We'll take a steep long trek to Namche Bazaar.  If the weather is clear we may be able to see Mt. Everest!

9/26
Day in Namche Bazaar to help with the acclimatization process.
Spending the day exploring Namche Bazaar which is the main trading village in Khumbu. 

9/27
Visit to the Drop Zone (12,350 ft), 1.5 hrs
Visit and brief about the jump, equipment familiarization and routines that will apply to jump days to follow. 

9/28
Trek from Namche Bazaar to Tangboche (12,848 ft), 7 hrs
Descend steeply to a bridge over the river at Phunki Tenga before making a steep climb to Tangboche.  The climb is a "mind game" but it presents superb mountain scenery.  Tangboche is famous for its legendary monastery, the largest in the Khumbu where there will be a "puja ceremony" to bless the the adventure and all participants.  The puja will revere Guru Rinpoche, the Bodhistiva who jumped the Himalayas from Tibet and left his footprints in a rock by the monastery.  The local sherpa people above Namche Bazaar have decided that Guru Rinpoche is the "God of Everest Skydive".

9/29
Trek to Pheriche (13,950 ft), 6 hrs
We descend downhill through a forest, cross the Imja Khola and climb steadily to Pangboche, a village directly opposite Ama Dablam before arriving at Pheriche.

9/30
Day at Pheriche
Exploratory day wandering up the valley to lake Tshola Tsho and the mountain walls of Cholaste and Twache.

10/1
Pheriche to Syangboche, 12 hrs

10/2
Syangboche Drop Zone
Familiarization jump for solo jumpers!

10/3
Syangboche Drop Zone
Jump Day!

10/4
Syangboche Drop Zone
Jump Day!

10/5
Syangboche Drop Zone
Jump Day!
Farewell Party at Burbar Mahal and the Red Onion Bar!

10/6-10/9
Kathmandu - I'm chilling and exploring on my own until I fly out the morning of 10/9. 

10/9-10/10
Kathmandu - Singapore - Tokyo - Seattle (oh boy!)

 

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