Pat's Nepal Journey April 2011

We were without internet last night.  We stayed in Photse which is a rural village that grows potatoes.  The day was okay trekking.  We saw the village almost all day after we left Namche,  The problem was that even thought as the crow flies it wasn't long, we had to go up and over a mountain, down the mountain to cross the river and then up to the town.  5 hours in all of walking.
Nothing really to do except play cards.  It was freezing and I had to get up in the middle of the night to add layers.  I am tired today because I shivered all night.

Today we hiked from Photse to Dingboche .  The terrain was not so hard but the altitude went above 4400 meters 13.2 K feet.  It was slow going and we were walking about 5 hours again.  Mid day we stop for lunch at a tea house.  It is a nice break.  We had great "up close and personal views of Everest, Lhotse, and Amadablam.  We saw a cornice of snow that had to be 500 feet tall. 

We are staying at the Valley View hotel.  No lights in our room but they gave us extra blankets. 

Tomorrow we go to Lobuche which is at 4900 meters which is nearly 15K feet.  We will be slow and expect to be going for at least 6 hours.  

We will probably not have internet for 2 days.  April 5 is our day to go to base camp.  Whoo, hoo!!