Having braved countless Tibetan toilets, 14 inedible meals, and at least 1000 near misses with oncoming traffic/yaks/locals, we finally made it to Everest! The sky was perfectly clear, so we were vvvv lucky. You can look at the photos to see how good the view was. Anyway, I was very impressed - definitely the best mountain I've seen and worth the effort. However, there was ONE BIG DISAPPOINTMENT. Not that I'm obsessed with Michael Palin's Himalaya or I'd try to do the same journey or anything, but once we'd got to Rongbuk monastery (where he stays), the one thing we really wanted to do was visit "the number one toilet" - it's the open air toilet he uses on the program and it has a perfect view of Everest. Anyway, my mother particularly wanted to see
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