[QUOTE=Chimbu chuckles;2943158]Have flown the Kathmandu VOR/DME RWY 02 approach a bunch of times...mostly in the clag from 30k to the minima and once or twice with 60k crosswinds on the first part of the approach. Then I flew in there on a nice sunny day about my 4th time and you look at the Himalayas and inhale the seat.
I take my hat off to you.
I went in there as a pax on a Royal Nepal Airlines 727-100 in 1975. The take off from Delhi was scary enough, full load, 40C + temperature and a dot feet turn onto course. I was sitting next to a Brazilian guy who was also a pilot. We both felt our last day had come.
The approach to Kathmandu was totally in cloud until not long before landing. I didn't appreciate that approach until I departed about a week later in clear weather. I was totally gobsmacked by what I saw.
That was on an Indian Air 737-100 where the cockpit door used to vibrate open on take off every time. Ah the folly of youth.