A helicopter was booked for Paul and the team for 7h30am (his time) this morning, due to weather conditions lower down in the valley, his flight out was delayed by a few hours. But at about 1pm, he finally boarded the chopper that would take him to Lukla.
The chopper was flown by Simone Moro, who Paul described as the 'coolest guy alive'. For those of you who don't know who he is, he not only flies helicopters, he's one of the best climbers in the world and summitted Mount Everest without oxygen!
Once at Lukla, Paul waited for another helicopter to take him to Kathmandu. In his eagerness to get on board he jumped on, took his seat and found himself next to the body of a Korean climber who lost his life to Everest. Paul said: "It was such a shock to the system and to see him still with his summit boots on was extremely emotional."
In the last half hour Paul has landed in Kathmandu and arrived at 'The Sherpa Hotel', it's a 4* hotel, so Paul's very much looking forward to a nice shower and a well deserved drink with his buddy Rob, Kenton and a few of the other climbers.
Paul sounds in very good spirits and is very excited about coming home, although I'm sure, at the same time, leaving the mountain behind where he's lived for the past nine weeks was extremely emotional.
We wait now to hear what flight he'll be on back to London.
Natalie
The chopper was flown by Simone Moro, who Paul described as the 'coolest guy alive'. For those of you who don't know who he is, he not only flies helicopters, he's one of the best climbers in the world and summitted Mount Everest without oxygen!
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| Simone Moro flying his chopper |
In the last half hour Paul has landed in Kathmandu and arrived at 'The Sherpa Hotel', it's a 4* hotel, so Paul's very much looking forward to a nice shower and a well deserved drink with his buddy Rob, Kenton and a few of the other climbers.
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| The Sherpa Hotel |
We wait now to hear what flight he'll be on back to London.
Natalie
Amazing news so happy
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