We rejoin with the others - some did make the ultimate trek to Base Camp, and we swap stories. Now, the only thing on our minds was the long trek back to civilisation.
On the way down, our spirits are lifted by three Nepalese children who offered to entertain us with a song..

The genuine warmth and friendliness of these people is almost too good to be true. They have so little, yet give so much.
They say it's the journey, and not the destination that matters.

The journey is everything in the Nepal Himalaya.
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