We left Lobuche bright and early headed for Gorak Shep (16,900ft). We reached Gorak Shep at 10am where we ate tomato soup to prepare us for our next mission. Post "lunch" we started a slow meandering climb up Kalapatthar (18,500ft). With such a large group our Sirdar (the lead Sherpa) Natang didn't expect us all to make it. In fact he told Camille he would kick her butt if she didn't make it up the mountain. Apparently Natang's motivational words did the trick. Natang told us he hasn't had a whole group (let alone one as large as ours) make it to the top in over 10 years. While we reached our highest point it certainly peaked our appetites. When we got back to the Buddha Lodge we had momos, pizza, and tea to tide us over until dinner.
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