Today we left the clinic on a multi-day trek to Everest Base Camp. The first step of this was to ascend to Loboche which is at 4900 meters. To get there from Pheriche, you can either go up the valley to Dughla and then cross over the moraine to Lobuche or you can go around through Dingboche and over the Kongma La. The Kongma La is a challenging mountain pass which is where the Aussie and Mexican got lost weeks ago and where Chris and Penny made an epic one-day round trip (see past posts). One of the other doctors from the Machermo clinic, Mike, came to Pheriche last night and tried to talk us into going over the Kongma La, but we decided to make that a separate trip. We stopped above Dughla at a plateau where numerous chortens and prayer flags were placed as a memorial to lost/fallen Sherpa. We had incredible views of Taboche, Ama Dablam, and yak trains loaded with gear coming down from Everest base camp.
In the end, Mike would have been much faster than us as he did the pass in only six hours and was waiting for us when we arrived. However, we all stayed in the same lodge and played cards (new game: No Peak) after dinner. Then one of the locals began playing a wooden flute-like instrument and some women began singing Nepali folk songs. It was a wonderful impromptu concert.
At the Sherpa Memorial between Dughla and Loboche:
In the end, Mike would have been much faster than us as he did the pass in only six hours and was waiting for us when we arrived. However, we all stayed in the same lodge and played cards (new game: No Peak) after dinner. Then one of the locals began playing a wooden flute-like instrument and some women began singing Nepali folk songs. It was a wonderful impromptu concert.
At the Sherpa Memorial between Dughla and Loboche:
Yak Train, also near the Memorial:
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