These are lengthy – I assume you can fast forward thru the boring bits.

Since you NEVER get asked if you made it down from Everest Base Camp, the idea occurred to us that we could take a helicopter back to Kathmandu. We stopped first in Lukla. You can see from above every stop we made along the way with the exception of Pangboche.

I don’t have room for the video of the cockpit, but our Airbus helicopter was the latest model for high altitude flights. Our pilot said he made the highest air rescue at 22,000 feet earlier that Spring. Amazing that the helicopter gets any lift at all at that altitude. The flight from Lukla to Kathmandu was really beautiful. You don’t get all the details when you fly up to Lukla.

Then there is the concept of jumping off a 1000 foot high cliff, just for fun. Here’s what it looks like watching someone….

And this is what it looks like when you do the jumping off…