Day #18 - Everest Chopper Flight Pt 2

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When all of us were "safely" seated in the chopper, the pilot climbed in as well, fiddled with his controls, then applied more power to the already whirring rotars. The excitement was building, then very quickly we had liftted off. No sooner than we were airborne a 100 feet or so, the pilot executed a sharp right turn, much to the whoops of delight from the guys in the back. I was smiling a lot, if not a little nervous.

We quickly climbed and headed back up the valley we had trudged down slowly before and within what seemed like a minute, we were already circling high over Namche Bazar.

Circling overhead of Namche, the pilot was quizzed on his nationality - it turns out he was also an Australian! Too late to get out now! I wondered if there was anyone left in Australia, as they all seemed to be spending their time in Nepal.

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