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Published: October 26th 2011
And so THIS was the day I was waiting for - a major item on my 'bucket list' - a view of Mount Everest.......
We were up at 5:30 a.m., in the lobby by 6 a.m. and off to the airport to catch our small planes for a flight around Mount Everest. The weather was superb - sunny, clear, and a perfectly smooth flight!!!!! We had 4 planes booked: 2 for 16 people and 2 other smaller planes.
The pilots were amazing and the stewardess was more than generous with her assistance, information and hospitality. We all had an incredible view of the mountain ranges as we were invited, one by one into the cockpit (well, almost into the cockpit) with the pilots. We had a map (see photo) of the mountain ranges - and then, we we got near Mount Everest - the sun was glistening off the mountain top - magical - totally and absolutely magical!
The flight lasted an hour and everyone - absolutely everyone, based on a scale of 1-10 felt the trip was a '25'!!!!! Can't beat that! (Thank you, Ben, for including this as a phenomenal opportunity!).
Not a lot more
to write about this - the pictures speak for themselves. Such a really great way to start an amazing day!!!!
Enjoy - because now I have the challenging task of selecting some photos from the more than 200 I took from the rest of our incredible day!!!!
Bye for now! (Good night, Mom - I love you!)
Happy Pat
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Carolyn
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Stunning!
Wow, thank you Pat for all of the photos. Sitting down at my computer on a grey, overcast day, it took my spirit right up to the mountains and blue sky with you all. Jim & Nancy, I'm so excited to see that you two took this flight. Now that you've been to the mountain and back, you'll have to come over for dinner when you're back in Toronto. I want to hear so much more about your experience of this world wide adventure! I couldn't be more inspired! Keep it coming, Pat!