28 NISAN / APRIL 28

Namche’den sonra geri Lukla’dayiz. Kalacagimiz yere girer girmez bir yagmur basliyor, ortaliktaki toz toprak yatisiyor ve hava biraz serinliyor. David Breashears bizi ziyarete geliyor ve daha once ana kamptaki konusmamiza devam ediyoruz. David yine buzul uzerindeki rotanin daha ortadan biryerden gecmesinde israr ediyor. Ve herkes ana kamptan ayrilirken helikopterle buzul uzerinde 10 kusur tur atip cektikleri cok yuksek cozunuruklu fotograflari gosteriyor. Amac, fotograflari birlestirip buz ciginin tam olarak nerden kopup dustugunu bulmak ve daha sonraki seneler icin ona gore planlama yapmak - tabi mumkunse. Fotograflar cok guzel, buzulun ne acaip biryer oldugunu birkez daha gormus oluyorum. NBC ekibinden Andy’nin kurtarma operasyonu sirasinda cektigi fotograflari da ilk defa goruyorum. Icim yine cok buruk.

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As soon as we arrive to Lukla, rain starts to pour and settles the dust and cools it off a little bit. I enjoy that very much. David Breashers come to visit us during dinner and we continue our conversation from the base camp. He still thinks the route on the icefall should be changed towards the middle a little more. Then he shows the pictures of the icefall he took from a helicopter. They made many rounds on the icefall after everyone left to locate the exact location of where the avalanche was triggered and where it fell and took many high-resolution photos. Pictures show one more time and up close what a crazy place the icefall is. I also got a glance of the pictures Andy took during the rescue operations. It breaks me one more time.