There’s one thing that suddenly struck me last night after taking a quick glance at the itinerary, we are seven days behind schedule. It hadn’t occurred to me to look before, but we should have summited Mera Peak three days ago and now be on our way to Baruntse Base Camp.

The reason we are behind is because one of the passes we should have taken has too much snow on it, so we’ve had to come a different way. This, of course, puts The climbing of Baruntse at risk. I’m assured that Tshering is arriving by helicopter tomorrow and that he will organise a helicopter to take us to Lukla once we’ve finished the climb. If that’s the case then the climb is still on as it saves the seven day walk back to Lukla Airport.