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Day 4 Namche Bazaar - Tengboche - Deboche (3820m/12,532ft) April 8, 2000
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Taking a break on the way to Tengboche Ron, John, Ken, Me, Mick
photo courtesy of Monika Roschlaub |
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Evidence of massive deforestation on the trail from Namche to Tengboche
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Lunch enroute from Namche to Tengboche. Like the brochure said, meals were suprisingly tasty. .................................................... Who else but Indra could bake chocolate cakes over kerosene stoves at 14,000ft!!!! |
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The trail from Namche to Tengboche was typical Nepali Flat, down, down to cross a river, then merciless uphill afterwards. CHE likes to plan lunches for just before the uphills so you can burn those carbs.
Crossing the Dudh Kosi at Phunki Tenga, 3250m/10,663ft |
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Tengboche Gompa (monastery), 12,800ft / 3900m. This beautiful place was the reward for a punishing 2 hour ascent up a hill rivalling Namche hill. This is the most important Bhuddist monastery in the Khumbu. It was featured in the Everest IMAX movie. | |
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Inside the Gompa where many of us purchased a kata and had it blessed by the attendant monk | |
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Several hundred
feet below Tengboche, through a rhododendron forest, we pitched our
campsite, at Deboche. Here is where Celeste's trip ended and she headed back to New York while the rest of us continued towards Base Camp. |
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