News from Neil...

I received a call from Neil night. The group is up at base camp. A couple days prior they had visited the Monastery in the village and were blessed by the Buddhist Lama. He will then make the trek up the base camp and perform a “puja’ where he will burn juniper and give his blessings. Some of the team were ill and were looking forward to leaving the village and getting to base camp. Neil, with the help from Keith, had to operate on himself with his pocketknife as he either had a piece of ‘stick’ or ‘a tick’ in his leg – the phone reception is not always at its best. He now has another scar to add to his many others. They are currently at 4700 M and the air is quite a bit thinner. He indicated that his pulse in Katmandu was 46 while resting, and in camp it is 55 to 60. His oxygen saturation level is near the 80 level while it is normally would be between 95 and 100. Quite the difference!.

Wendy