Today, Monday 13th, we reached Khumjung. We are now at 3790 metres above sea level and most people are feeling some effects.

The last two days have really hammered home how tough the trip is going to be, yesterday we set off from Phakding at 0830 and the last arrived at Namche Bazaar at close to 1700 after a climb of around 900 metres, most of which were in the final two hours. It was a struggle for most, and those who took it quickly have felt the affects today.

One of our fittest members spent today at the back of the group after a hard three hour climb where we had our first glimpse of Everest from the ground, while another has remained at Namche with medic Ian and another team member for moral support. We hope he is better tomorrow and can join us here, as we have our first rest day.

I could not update without talking of the episode that happened on the first flight, with a two hour delay at Heathrow due to a security alert causing us to arrive in Doha 20 minutes AFTER our connecting flight was due to leave. Somehow we managed to board and get to Kathmandu OK so a huge thanks must go to Qatar Airways for not only getting all of us here, but all our personal luggage plus 260kgs of excess baggage.