Three Passes Trek Day 15

Three Passes Trek Day 15 - Lobuche to Gorak Shep (5140 m) and Kalla Pattar (5550 metres) I started a new note book on Day 15, which I used for a few days, then lost it. Consequently Day 15 to 20 have gone missing so I'll include an abbreviated version here. Day 15 (Nov 12). Trekked from Lobuche to Gorak Shep in the morning, then in the late afternoon joined the throngs climbing Kalla Pattar for a view of sunset over Everest. Is kind of the holy grail of trekking peaks for its sunrise and sunset views. Absolutely freezing at the top, (15 below zero) (ok technically absolute freezing is minus 273, but it's the coldest I've ever been). The hardest part was taking photos as iPhones don't respond to gloves, and when you take the gloves off at 15 below it's very painful after a short time. Anyway it was an absolutely stunning view, even though it was a bit overcrowded at the top. After sunset the temperature dropped so quickly that we took no convincing of the need to hurry down to a warm fire and dinner.