The Top Of The World: Climbing to Everest Base Camp 5 Namche-Pangboche

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Leave the bustling Namche (3440m) towards Pangboche (3930m). Today the distance is relatively long, total 12.3km, takes 6-7 hours to walk.
Climbing up the stairs along the village, it was flat and downhill in the morning, and due to the clear weather, we could clearly see several high mountains. Behind us is Kongde Ri and in front are Taboche and Ama Dablam. In the far corner is the shy Everest, because it rarely shows up🫣.

All the way to the lunch location is downhill, the walk is easy but the heart sinks more and more .... because now the lower the lower, the better to go up 😰. Down to the riverside village of Phungi Thenga at 3250m is the place for lunch. In other words, after lunch we had to ascend 680m to reach today's finish 🥲

After lunch is a long climb, the road is wide and easy to walk, it is the constant z-shaped uphill, we moved forward at 🐌 speed, about 1 hour later we reached Tengpoche (3867m). After coming to Tengboche, the snow-capped mountains are closer to us (see picture).

The most noticeable thing about arriving at Tengboche must be Thyangboche. It is the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the Khumbu Valley. The monastery was founded in 1916 by Lama Guru, but was destroyed by an earthquake in 1934 and subsequently rebuilt. Unfortunately, it was destroyed by fire again in 1989. With international aid and the help of enthusiastic people in the area, it was once again rebuilt into its present stone building. During our visit we happened to meet a monk who also showed us the newly expanded part. Unfortunately, photography is not allowed inside the temple. We can only see the exterior of the temple. (see picture)

We originally planned to stay in Tengpoche today, but since it is the peak climbing season and there are only 3 guesthouses in Tengpoche, all of them are full, so we need to walk an extra 3.1km to Pangboche for the night. Continuing up for another 1.5 hours, we arrived at the guesthouse in Pangboche. Today is a relatively long day of walking, and I feel a little tired at the end🙃 But not my legs are tired😂

After the journey...to be continued...

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