October 18, outside Tingri

We made it to Everest Base Camp!!! Wahoo! This is going to be very quick as we are on a lunch stop and so after ordering I (Liz) ran out quick to share the good news. Jeff and Liz are doing great! We slept 10/16 at Rongpu Monastery which is at 4950 meters and the next day hiked the 8 km each way trek to Base Camp (just over 5200 m). The trek normally takes 2 hours and we did it in 1:22 there and 1:09 back. We were first each way!! Anyway - I'm sure my yak burger is almost ready as this is slow so must run. Actually - it's fried vegetables. Yak is pretty gnarly so Jeff has been going mainly vegetarian too. Love us - we won't have internet for a few more days. Tomorrow we cross the border into Nepal and then have 2 nights at a "resort". We'll be in Kathmandu 10/21. Our guide was able to get us tickets to Lukla for 10/22 so we'll fly into the Everest Region on the Nepal side to hike then. Okay - really must go. Love us