It was great to catch up with Peter Hillary over dinner at the Khumbu Lodge last night. He is guiding his own group to EBC over the next few weeks. It was special to hear him read the letter that his Dad wrote 3 days after climbing Everest in 1953. A very matter of fact account of an extraordinary achievement by his Dad and Tenzing.
This morning we were away by 7 am to visit the market Namche is renown for. A huge range of fresh produce, eggs, spices, vegetables and a very basic butchery with plenty of buffalo being carved up. I couldn't resist buying an Everest exercise book!
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| A small part of the Bazzar. |
Morning tea was at Bengkar where the team reunited two weeks ago. It was very warm coming down valley. We passed numerous donkey trains on their daily run from Lukla and return, a full day!
The vege curry and Dahl Baht for lunch at Phakding was kaserang shimonok, superb!
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Larga Bridge - David and I left our kata there
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| Great tukka - vege curry and dahl bhat |
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| Elsa and Bryn spin one of the many the prayer wheels |
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| Beautiful mani stone |
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| Back in Lukla - a big day from Namche Bazzar |
We finally arrived in Lukla at 2.20 pm to cloud, a few drops of rain and thunder. A shower, relax, afternoon tea and then its party time :). Five of the team are running the gauntlet having ordered Yak burgers or steaks!
It is now bucketing down outside, serious rain! Any gear not in plastic bags with our porters is going to be soaked.
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