1 June SummitClimb Dispatch: 1st Green

This morning dawned foggy. It wasn't easy to get up after our 1st night in a bed for a month. After a breakfast feast we set off across Dudh Khosi river through a massive boulder field spewed out of Khumbu glacier's guts. We strolled out into wide Pheriche plain with mists parting to reveal a glistening alpine garden of waist-high emerald green bushes, many with tiny multicolored flowers sparkling. A wide variety of wee songbirds cheaped, chirped, spun, dove and twisted through the shrubbery, obviously in an egg-laying mood. The sun broke through and we found ourselves inside a herd of 80 yaks, several with fuzzy cute adorable babies, munching plants in slow motion, swishing hairy tails. Looming above us rose mighty Mt Ama Dablam towering with her 2 opposing ridges outstretched like arms embracing the Sherpa people. An emotional moment for us = We haven't seen a green plant for a month.