New audio update from TA on Everest.

This is the text of TA’s audio message:

Hi this is Marian and TA calling in from Namche Bazaar at about 3400m.  I am sitting in my little audio blog spot above the Zamling Lodge overlooking Namche.  We had a big walk today coming down from Pherische through Pangbouche and Debouche where we stopped in at the nunnery to light some butter lamps for our teammates who are still up hill.  The nuns were chanting, so we had an opportunity to join them in the meditation room and listen, I found that to be very soothing.  During the ceremony they lit butter lamps, which I knew in my mind where for my teammates, some of whom are at camp 3 tonight and some at camp 4.  After Debouche we climbed the hill to Tengboche where we were lucky enough to have sour dough bread which was very exciting, because she who has an empty leg is always hungry, so it was lovely to have something new and exciting.  After Tenboche we dropped down to Fuketanga to the Dudh Kosi, which we will drop down to again when we leave Namche, the milk river.  Its milky because of all the glacial silt that flows along in the river.  From there we walked back up here to Namche, I thought the piece just outside of Fuketanga was going to get the best of me, that’s when I knew that I was still working with a very tired body.  It was humbling, but I found a rhythm and got back up here to Namche.  I delved a little bit into the internet, thanks for all your well wishes, I didn’t get a chance to take in a lot of them at 10 rupees a minute but I did grab a few of them.  I will slowly make my way back into the cyber world once I hit Kathmandu, and begin to immerse myself back into my regular life after 60 days of pretty simple living at base camp.  So it was a good day, a long day, had a delicious dinner here at the Zamling Lodge.  We are not sure if we will have a rest day here or split our trek to Lukla into two parts, but we are still hoping to fly out of Lukla on the 24th.  I am still wondering how my teammates are doing you along, Martin, Peter and Bob are also here and we are all wondering about the cyclone that is hitting India, what will its path be, and what destruction it might cause both on its path and here on the mountain.  Its wonderfully warm here and the air is wonderfully thick, but it is still amazing how going up hill in the Himalayas can be pretty humbling.  So take good care, I also wanted to warn those of you who have been used to checking out the audio blog everyday, that once I hit Kathmandu I will probably go back to a weekly format.  So I just wanted to give you a little warning that your daily routine might change.  Thanks for being there, happy Friday, TGIF to all you out there in North America, catch you from tomorrow, bye.

TA