New audio update from TA on Everest.

This is the text of TA’s audio message:

Hi this is TA calling in from our new rooftop room atop the hotel Horizon, which is just behind the Nirvana Garden where we just where.  Its kind of fun to have a new view, I’m hoping to get a new view on the events of the last couple months in the next little while.  I can look down on JP school and the courtyard of the new building that is going up.  I want to say a special hello to the three schools that I know for sure have been following me, I just learned that about them today, its cool because we have one English, one German, and one French emersion.  So special hellos out to frau Hect and frau Browns grade 3 class at Forest Heights bilingual school in Edmonton.  To madam Edwards grade 3 French emersion class at CC Loughlin in Cornerbrook Newfoundland, and to Leanna Pennys grade 9 and 10 English classes at Queen Elizabeth’s vocational institute in Kingston.  They sent me a wonderful package of letters that I got yesterday and it was absolutely wonderful to get to read those, and field some of the questions that they had.  We have just been spending a few mellow days here in Kathmandu trying to figure out if we are going to do something like rafting, or another trek, or perhaps visit Buddhas birthplace.  We are waiting to see if our tickets can get changed so that we can get home a little earlier, so we are sorting through all of that.  In the mean time we are eating well here, had Israeli, middle eastern for lunch and maybe Japanese for dinner, trying to get lots of good sleep, lots of rest, and recharge the batteries after a couple of months at high altitude.  I also want to say a special big thank you to Earl Walker who has been my communications manager, managing all of the transcriptions, and getting these posts onto the website where you all can follow along, so big thanks out to Earl.  As usual a big thanks out to my sponsors.  I’m not really sure when I will stop calling in, but for now when the spirit moves me I will call in to let you all know how it is going.  The stimulation of Kathmandu is definitely a big contrast to the simplicity of Everest base camp, we are still waiting for the rest of our teammates to make it down and welcome them home as Everest summiteers.  That’s the scoop from here, thanks again to those three classes that have been following along, its great to know you are out there, and I appreciate your support.  Take good care, bye. 

TA

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