Things we packed:

 

Our itinerary:

Day 0: Flying out from  Sacramento to LAX then catch a redeye flight from LAX to  Guanzhou.  Then Guanzhou to KTM

Day 1: arrived in ktm (Monday 04/18).  Tour guide greeeted us an took us to Thamel.  It is a tourist area.  We stayed in hotel. 

Day 2: hung out, bought gear: hiking sticks, sleeping bag.  You can rent here too.

Day 3: flew out to Lukla.  This is the worlds most dangerous airport in the world.  We hiked and stayed at phakding.  I started filtering water here.

Day 4: hiked to Namche Bazaar eta 4:30pm

to be continue