I have been home few times. I got an oppurtunity to do Thorung La in 1999. One of the best times of my life. Will do it again at heart beat. Thinking of EBC next year. I'm out of MD (DC Suburb). You know we've must have annoyed the hell out of some people with this thread, but hell with them, been too long, its sweet to remember old times, another reason i started smell thread but didn't go much far. Only in Nepal do people put dry fruit in a refrigerator and hang eggs outside.