Children of Lukla, Nepal
A brother and sister pose for a picture in front of a log building in Lukla, Nepal. Draped across their laps is the Martin GT Magnet Middle School flag. (Learn more)
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On March 27th, Chip and his team of fellow climbers took a half-hour flight from Kathmandu to Lukla, where they would begin their trek to the Mount Everest base camp. Lukla is a small village high in the mountains, accessible by small propeller-driven airplanes.
The Lukla airport is located on the side of a mountain and the runway ends over a drop to the valley below. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to summit Mount Everest in 1953, had the airport built and the village grew up around it. Now, Lukla serves as the starting point of most treks to Mount Everest. Lukla residents, accustomed to the stream of foreigners passing through the village, welcome the trekkers and climbers warmly. Children bring handfuls of purple flowers, handing them out freely to visitors.
From Lukla, Chip’s group would trek to the village of Phakding, and then on to Namche. According to Chip’s journal, they climbed peaks along the way to “lay down a good acclimatization.”
Photographs and text by Ciprian Popviciu
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