My first hand Everest experience
I could feel my heart beat out loud, felt like it was in my mouth, thoughts looming as soon as a tiny bit of cloud seen under the blue sky. It does not happen like that usually but I was flying to Lukla for the first time; Lukla an airport with a runway of size 460m is ranked as World’s most dangerous airport time and again which is why I could feel the adrenaline. From my seat of the small dornier aircraft I could see the open cockpit and further outside the windshield. I had a chance to see the pilot view of the airstrip; it looked smaller than the alley I play cricket back at home. Lukla or Tenzing Hillary airport which is very prone to weather is also well known for fatalities amongst the Nepalese and the tourists. It was the most horrendous flight I had taken in my life till the day. Thanks god we touched down with no problems in Lukla. As we had a lot of distance to cover in short time and had a budget of economical nomad we decided to head further north closer to our destina