Today is an acclimatisation day at Dingboche and exploring Chukung Valley
A breakfast of porridge, tea, fried eggs starts the day off well. We head off for an acclimitisation walk at 9.15, up the hill beyond the stupe, up to an altitude of 4750m. Even at that height we are still in the valley & everywhere you look you are surrounded by magnificent mountains, absolutely stunning.
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| Starting the walk from Dingboche |
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| Our lodge is to the far right of the stupe |
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| Still plenty of snow about |
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| Mountains, mountains, mountains When you are still acclimitising to the altitude, you're only able to walk 30 paces before you have to rest, to gain your breath. |
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| Another group of trekkers coming up the mountain |
We took about 2 hours to climb to the top, but only half am hour to come back down
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| The clouds rolling up the valley |
Back down for lunch, chips and a toasted cheese sandwich and of course more tea. Carbohydrates and liquids, the perfect diet for altitude. We had a free afternoon, some stayed at the lodge, sleeping, playing cards, reading. We stayed for a while then went off to explore the village. Not much to see other than yaks! Most of the lodges are still closed, too early in the season for much trade. We saw more snow leopard prints in the snow.
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| The park sign at the end of the village |
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| Nellie the nak with her pretty earing |
It stayed clear most of the day, the mornings were generally very clear with the deepest blue skies, today it stayed clear most of the afternoon. A cloud rolled through us at about 4.40 and the temperature dropped from 16degrees to 7. Back in the lodge for tea and biscuits. It cleared at about 6pm for 10 minutes, just in time for us to catch the sunset
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