Landing in Lukla

The 30 minute flight to Lukla was on a small plain that Fritz just barely fit on. We were in small jump seats and the stewardess passed out candy and cotton. The candy to help clear your ears and the cotton to stick in your ears to dampen the noise of the engines. We flew only a couple hundred feet above some of the hills, but the landing was by far the most intense. The short runway ended in front of the tea house where we gathered for our pre-hike debriefing.