Okay.. I bit the bullet and decided to pay the 10 rupees a minute to do some interneting. I have some time to kill between now and dinner. You really shouldn’t hear from us for a couple days after today.
Today was our “rest day” in Namche. That doesn’t mean we rested though.. instead, we had to wake up at 6am, have breakfast and hike for a couple hours. Do I sound a little bitter? Yah, maybe 
I suppose it’s all good for acclimitization but it doesn’t mean that we have to like it. We first hiked up to the park visitor center and walked around the museum. We then hiked down to a Sherpa museum where we took a look at a typical Sherpa home. Following that, we hiked down and back up 1000 feet on a sketchy trail up to a helicopter landing area. Then, hiked back down to Namche. By then it was about 11:30 and time for lunch. The lodge we’re staying at has hot water.. it was incredible. Truly incredible to take a shower with hot water. Later in the afternoon we wandered down into the local market and did some basic shopping.. toilet paper, carabiners, mittens, etc.. Why the carabiners? Turns out that I’ve had to employ two gross little towels.. one pee towel and one snot towel (too much information?). I needed something to hang them from on my pack so I didn’t have to stuff them in my pocket… hehe.. yes, we’ve gotten to that point where grossness doesn’t matter and we all kinda stink.
Keith Figueroa said
WOW. Just going through your blog to date. What a great Trek. Hope the altitude is treating you well. Seattle has been pretty cold this month, it even snowed over the weekend, go figure. Anyhow, stay safe, catch up with you when you return.