Clouds…clouds….clouds. That’s pretty much all we saw out the small windows of the Agni Air turboprop as we climbed high into the Himalayan mountain range. We had already had the flight canceled the previous day and this morning we waited around for over an hour to hear if it was going to be canceled again. Thirty minutes into the flight and I felt like we might not be able to see anything.
Just when those thoughts ran through my head we lifted out of the cloud layer and I saw the sun in a blue sky for the first time since we’d arrived. The cockpit door swung open and our Nepali stewardess indicated that I was supposed to step into the cockpit for a better view. What lay out on the horizon was nothing short of spectacular, a sea of white clouds pierced by the tallest mountain in the world. Each passenger on the plane then filed forward to get a glimpse of Everest. All the while the rest of us snapped photos of the surrounding mountain ranges through the small windows.
All together, we probably spend less than 15 minutes above the clouds in clear view of the world’s tallest mountains. But I’m sure the image of Everest filling up the cockpit windshield of that small plane will remain etched in our memories for the rest of our lives.
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