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downright scary - an inclined short runway carved into theside of the mountain (see below ... Im sweating already...) Today,for the 3rd day in a row, anxious folks waited in vain for the skies toclear in Lukla. And because of the backlog of the past few days therewasnt a spare seat in the boarding gates.A few new climbers to highlight.Wendy Booker, who has MS, is returning after her attempt last year.She is climbing with RMI this time. Over on replica Tag Heuer watch the north, a very smallteam of Julio Bird, Bill Fischer and 70 year-old Japanese Hoshino Koheiwill be going for the top. This means we will see a 13 year-old and a70 year-old on the same side!Speaking of the north, China officially closed the border a fewweeks ago and hinted it would reopen around April 10th.