Today, a brief email to Becky at PeakFreaks brought discouraging news.
Apparently the Nepalese government has set in place a new rule that trekkers can no longer spend the night at Everest Base Camp. Only climbers (and I'm assuming support staff) can camp overnight. Becky only found out about this yesterday and I guess now is dealing with trying to get overnight accommodations for the entire trekking team that is arriving ahead of us.
This is a bit upsetting because the main reason why we chose PeakFreaks is because they are the only trekking company that offered this experience. Since they actually have climbers attempting to summit Everest, all the necessary permits/licenses are purchased—the trekkers are covered under that permit.
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