SummitClimb Pumori 2006: Dispatch 3: Let sleeping dogs lie

Dear EverestNews.com readers, "Let sleeping dogs lie", is the saying. The person who invented that saying obviously hasn't spend a night in Kathmandu!

Dogs here are on the exact opposite sleep schedule to people and relish in staying up all night barking and fighting with each other. They bark at anything and everything. They bark at the shadows, the wind, the dirt, the echoes from their own barks that they think are other dogs. You get the idea..... It is though, rather amusing to go walking in the early morning through the streets of Kathmandu to the sight of dogs with what can only be described accurately as "doggy hangovers" from staying out all night!

Moral of the story:- sleeping dogs shall NOT lie. If you see a dog asleep in the daytime, wake it up!! Chances are he's the same one that kept you awake all night - or at least if he's not, he knows who did....

Some more of our team arrived today - Fritz Radon from Germany, John Kazanas from Australia, Wally Resinger from Canada and Trekking Member, David Vlasblom also from Canada. They are all very excited to be here!

Furthermore, our food for the expedition arrived today. All 1500kg of it!! It's been packed by our great Sherpa staff and is ready to fly to Lukla tomorrow. The weather is currently beautiful here in the Kathmandu Valley. Clear blue skies, gorgeously crisp air and a view of the Himalayan foothills from the rooftops.

We will send more news tomorrow,

Thank you very much for following our expedition,

From Jay Reilly and all of us at Summitclimb.com

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