The general plan is:
- Monday, 25 July - Fly Boston to Kathmandu.
- Spend an unspecified amount of time (2 days more or less) in Kathmandu waiting for the weather to be good enough to fly up to Lukla.
- Fly to Tenzing-Hillary Aiport in Lukla (the airport used for Everest climbs!)
- Walk north to Namche Bazar, take a left and walk up past Thame to the village of Hilajung. This should take us about 3 days total. I'm pleased to see from the map that there is a view of Everest before getting to Namche Bazar. I hope that there is a break in the clouds enough for us to see it! Folks planning to hike Everest would turn right at Namche Bazar.
-The bridge shown in the map below across the Bhote Koshi River just west of the village of Hilajung, northeast corner of the map, was partially destroyed in the earthquake of April 2015. We will spend about 10 days in this area, surveying this bridge and others, and making plans and recommendations for repair of local bridges. The damage from the earthquake overwhelmed the local group that usually maintains the bridges - so we hope to help.
-Then do it all in reverse! Hike back to Lukla, fly back to Kathmandu, and fly back to Boston.
(Maps below borrowed from https://frankiesfootprints.com/2015/06/23/everest-region-trek/
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