There is only one way to move around in Khumbu - on foot; unless you are a former president of the United States. In October 1985 Jimmy Carter, his wife Rosalynn, and future senator from California Dianne Feinstein's husband Richard Blum helicopetered in on the King of Nepal's personal whirligig. The next morning, protected by two secret service agents, the former president walked throughout the village shaking hands and conversing with the locals.
