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Updated: 16:40 p.m. EST Feb 11, 2008
story images Khumbu first aid training complete!
What a week! It began with a welcome from the top brass of Phortse village at the gate, surrounded by roaming endangered musk deer and glorious danphe - we were made welcome in this austere little village nestled between the Gokyo and Khumbu valleys. We commenced to educating 24 enthusiastic students during 5 days of hard work. Instructors Sue Purvis, Kristin Petersen, Birgen Knoff and myself learned as much as our students about how to make our patients safer in high altitude cold...
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