Tengboche (3,860 m) to Dingboche (4,350 m)
from Pangboche
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| October 11, 2006: Tengboche (3,860 m) to Dingboche (4,350 m) |
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| Got up early at 5 am as it was so noisy. My bed in my little shack was so small, I could not even stretch out when laying in bed, so I was glad to get up (which normally never happens...). The weather sucked!!!! Low clouds and cold. Couldn't see anything. Had breakfast around 7 am, pancake, toast and lots of hot tea. Then we left. Next time, I would not stay in Tengboche anymore. There are lots of nice little lodges minutes further towards Pangboche. After about one and a half hours, shortly before reaching Pangboche, the sun came out. We walked around a bend of the trail and there it was: The Lhotse-Nuptse Wall with Everest peeking from behind. We had some tea in Pangboche with a beautiful view of the top of Everest. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lhotse, 4th highest mountain in the world at 8,516 meters or 27,939 feet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mt. Everest peeking out behind Nupste/ Lhotse wall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mt. Everest and Lhotse from Pangboche |
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| After the tea break, we kept hiking up the valley to Shomare. Here, we crossed 4,000 meters. We had lunch in Shomare, fried rice and tea. There was an English girl having lunch as well with whom I was talking for a while. She was cute (I know, after a while in the wilderness all women look cute, but she really was, and yes, I am an MCP...male chauvinistic pig). Her friend had to stay behind in Tengboche with AMS and she went on alone with her guide. I am writing this episode because during my trip I saw many single females hiking with just a guide. On the message boards, you can always read: I am female, is it safe for me to travel alone in Nepal..... Yes it is perfectly safe to do this!!!! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Junction of trail. Right trail goes to Dingboche, left stays in valley to Pheriche | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| After lunch, Bharat and I kept walking to Orsho where we crossed the Dudh Kosi to go up towards Dingboche which is located at the entrance to the Chukhung Valley. Another hour or so and we were in Dingboche around 2 pm. We stayed at the Friendship Lodge. From looking at this lodge from the outside and after last night's experience with the Gompa Lodge, I was not too enthused about staying there, but Bharat assured me that this was a a very nice lodge, and he was right!! The best lodge I stayed at so far. The Lodge Owner's son lives in Colorado and he even had western style toilets, but without the flushing mechanisms, the old outhouse type, just inside. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| After checking in, Bharat and I went up on the ridge behind the lodge from where we had some nice views up the Chukhung Valley and also of Ama Dablam on and off through the clouds. Unfortunately, it was cloudy again and all the other great vistas were hidden. We had dinner at the lodge, I had tomato soup, cheese pizza and apple pie. There was a big Australian group in the lodge, 2 German couples, a Dutch couple and 3 English girls (a little older than girls) to whom I was talking with pretty much all evening long. A very nice atmosphere in the lodge (I mention that as the next night was totally different..at least for me), everybody talking to everybody. It was also fun to watch the group dynamics in the Australian group. This group already was in Gokyo and now on their way to Kala Pattar and about two thirds of them had the Khumbu cough. Of course, in the room next to me, 2 coughers. Nevertheless, I slept ok until about 3 am. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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