Day Six Part 2: We Beat the Porters To Base Camp and They Seem As Surprised As We Are

It’s probably nothing to brag about. These guys are carrying incredible loads and we’re packing nothing but our own water and a few changes in clothing (and Carrie with the saxophone). As I sat in the warm base camp sun appreciating our arrival at the seminal point in our journey, Erasto, one of the porters without whom I wouldn’t have survived…