Happy Birthday to me! How cool to have a birthday in Nepal. This morning, Kapil tied a white scarf around my neck, a traditional Nepali birthday gift. How thoughtful of him. Sadly, things turned a bit nasty when Lee and Seo figured out that Pasang, their guide, had been over charging them for their rooms and pocketing the difference. When they confronted him about it, it looked like there might be a fight, but cooler heads prevailed. Between this and Pasang's dangerous mishandling of Seo's altitude sickness at High Camp, I must say that my opinion of him is pretty low at this point. Lee called the company that had provided Pasang as a guide in Kathmandu, and the company recalled Pasang to Kathmandu. Seo and Lee continued trekking with us, with Kapil and Gautan helping
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