22-Mar-2009 -- At last report we were rushing back (albeit on foot) to Lukla from Gorak Shep and an enjoyable trip to Everest Base Camp and Kala Pattar, in hopes that on our return to Kathmandu, a relaxing of political tensions near the Nepal city of Birgunj would make it possible to visit 27N 85E before our scheduled return to the United States. Unfortunately, although things there had been quiet during most of our time in the Khumbu region, the day before, the death of a government official had once again raised the danger level. Quite disappointed, we spent two more days exploring the Kathmandu area and preparing for our 18 hour flight back home. There, full scale post-failure Degree Confluence Project depression set in, and it was months before I could bring myself to pick up a GPS…

International Confluence Day 2010 (February 20th) finally brought me out of my funk, and, in September, with my first four successful visits in Europe, I became my old confluence hunting self again. Then, rather unexpectedly, I stumbled on the April 2, 2000, report by Grzegorz Chyla for 28N 87E; and realized that nine years later, I had not only duplicated a number of his photographs, but had come two kilometers closer to this cp! So, with a return to Asia probably several years away for me, I offer two meager attempts at 28N 87E, one from the southwest, and this one from due west, which got within 9.2 miles of the goal, a minor improvement from the previous reports, but at least several steps in the right direction…