BikerZ goes to ... NEPAL!

[bikerz]

Thanks for your good wishes, everyone!

It's getting down to the wire now!

[SadieKate]

Keep calm and eat.

[bikerz]

Thanks SK! I packed a bunch of nectar bars on your recommendation!

It took me all day to pack (interrupted by by client calls, 4 hours of unexpected work, one last minute trip to whole foods, and the VP debate), but I finally got my trekking bag under 30 lbs. I take off in exactly 12 hours.

I'm going to K-K-K-K-K-K-Kathmandu! (Sing along, everyone!)

(I'm wearing my AV socks tomorrow for good luck!)

See y'all on the 21st!

(I think this is a personal best of exclamation points per word in a post)

[SadieKate]

Is she back yet? Is she back yet? I wanna see pictures. BikerZ takes great pictures (when she isn't tripping).

[CLM]

Very sad news from Lutka today. From her post I think this was the day that Bikerz was to arrive there. Thinking of her and wishing her well.

[snapdragen]

Is she back yet? Is she back yet? I wanna see pictures. BikerZ takes great pictures (when she isn't tripping).

I think she get's back on the 21st, patience grasshopper.

Not the greatest welcome to Lukla:

| 09.10.2008 | 02:00 UTC
12 Germans die in plane crash in Nepal

18 people have died, among them 12 Germans, when a plane crashed in the Himalayan country of Nepal. Four Nepalese and two Australians also were killed when the Yeti Airlines twin-propellor aircraft crashed while landing at Lukla airport, about 150 kilometres north-east of the capital Kathmandu. The pilot was the only survivor. Lukla is a frequent first station for mountaineers preparing to climb Mount Everest.

[jobob]

Yeah, my heart skipped a beat when I read about that this morning. That sure won't help Z's fear of flying.