Thursday, 1 November 2012

1st - Namche Bazaar (3440m) – Tengboche (3867m)

Today we left Namch Bazaar to continue on towards Tengboche. With the acclimatization yesterday we would have an advantage that we hadn’t had the previous days.

We started walking towards the hilltop we climbed yesterday, but instead of ascending we started circling it instead and slowly but steady distanced us from NB. This brought us along a path that followed the mountains at a relatively even level.

At one point we had a tea break where we met a group of 13 Norwegians. They were on their way to climb Island Peak, so while their final goal was different from ours, we would some of the way have a similar approach.

After the break we descended 200 meters before having lunch, after which we ascended 600 meters, finally bringing us to Tengboche and the same altitude as yesterday.

Nice small place with good food – in that sense no different from the other places we have been.


There wasn't much space to maneuver on when a pack of fully-loaded yaks came walking.

At Tengboche.

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