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NASA Trek Team Icefall
Day 38/April 28, 2009 (Tuesday)
NASA Trek Team Lands at EBC!
As Louis Armstrong once sang: “What a wonderful world!” I am so fortunate to have such great family and friends… A group of 31 ascended to the heights of Everest Base Camp this morning, full of energy and good health, bearing gifts and letters from home. Espresso chocolate truffles are worth much more than gold up here, and beautiful photos of my kids, Luke and Jenna, brought me right back home! Such visits, just like the NASA Trek Team of last year, must be what it feels like when a visiting Space Shuttle arrives at the International Space Station.
NASA Trek Team Icefall
Day 38/April 28, 2009 (Tuesday)
NASA Trek Team Lands at EBC!
As Louis Armstrong once sang: “What a wonderful world!” I am so fortunate to have such great family and friends… A group of 31 ascended to the heights of Everest Base Camp this morning, full of energy and good health, bearing gifts and letters from home. Espresso chocolate truffles are worth much more than gold up here, and beautiful photos of my kids, Luke and Jenna, brought me right back home! Such visits, just like the NASA Trek Team of last year, must be what it feels like when a visiting Space Shuttle arrives at the International Space Station.
I toured the team around our IMG camp, including a brief visit to my humble but warm abode. We visited the base of the Khumbu Icefall, and took more than a few group photos. At the conclusion of their brief visit, we had a wonderful phone link-up with the ISS crew. Mike Barratt and Koichi Wakata sounded upbeat and excited about their mission, and the trek team members each had a chance to say hello as they did a high fly-by of the Himalayas.
I’d write more today, but I’ve got to go bulk up for the summit push. Espresso truffles await…
Scott Parazynski
