Dingboche 4410m up to 4750m and back A sleep in morning – hooray. Both Spencer and I are feeling under the weather this morning. We hang in there and hydrate and I feel better after a meal of french toast. Bikesh says we will leave for our acclimatization hike at […]
Dingboche 4400m, 3 hours I awoke shortly after 5am but stayed in my warm ‘walrus’ sleeping bag for another hour. Breakfast was better than dinner last night, however both Spencer & I have a bit of tummy upset. I started off earlier as I wanted to go super slow and […]
Pangboche 4000m 1.5 hours Wow, I slept right through until 4am and then dozed until 5:30am. I was up in time to see the sun rise over Ama Dablam and took several photos. It is such a great time of the day! A beautiful old black yak came meandering along […]
Down to Phuki Tanga at 3300m and up to Tengboche 3900m, 5 hours Awake again before the alarm at 5am. Ready to head down for breakfast at 6:30am. We left at 7:45am and steadily made our way up out of Namche and followed the trail alongside the mountain. We had […]
3445 – 3900m 3 hours up to Panorama Lodge It is 5am and the sun is just peeking over the Himalayan giants that surround Namche. Crows are cawing and I hear a rooster or two announcing the arrival of morning. Today is an acclimatization day so we are heading up […]
3445m 2.5 hours What a great night’s sleep – almost 9 hours! It must have been the soothing sounds of the Dudh Kosi River rushing past the teahouse. Breakfast was another cozy ‘family affair’ in the kitchen. We took our time and left around 8am for Namche. Following the Dudh […]
2800m 2.5 hours Hooray we all slept for at least 7 hours, however we were all up around 4 or 5am. The morning is warm and clear and very still at this time of day. Not for long though as porters are trekking one way or another with full loads, […]
Day 2 dawns again with the cacophony of chirping birds, barking dogs and a cuckoo bird thrown in for good measure! I slept well and arose at 5am, long before the breakfast buffet opened, slipped downstairs to the computer room and caught up on emails and my blog posts. Charles […]
2600m 2.75 hours Ahhhh the sounds of German soccer fans watching their team win a semi-final championship match. Yes that was my ‘alarm’ at 2am this morning rather than the planned 4am! Spencer said he laid down after dinner, woke up feeling rested and bounded out of bed thinking the […]