A very cold night in Deboche, probably -10°c or colder. Even if you get up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet, the lack of oxygen means that you get back to your sleeping bag breathless. There isn't much insulation in the lodges if any. If you leave a drinking water bottle out of your sleeping bag it's frozen in the morning.
A relatively easy walk to start our morning, dropping down the valley with a few climbs, but we're getting more used to them now.
We stop at a lodge for tea at about 10.30, with a magnificent view of Ama Dablam.
A walk down the valley after lunch, cross the river (Imja Khola) and then a steep climb up to Dingboche (boche means flat), quite a large village nestled in the valley. We arrived at the Paradise Lodge at about 3pm. We are now above the tree line at 4400m
A relatively easy walk to start our morning, dropping down the valley with a few climbs, but we're getting more used to them now.
We stop at a lodge for tea at about 10.30, with a magnificent view of Ama Dablam.
We then walked on to The Everest View Lodge for lunch
As it was still sunny & bright we can see everest.
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| The cloud starts to follow us up the valley |
A walk down the valley after lunch, cross the river (Imja Khola) and then a steep climb up to Dingboche (boche means flat), quite a large village nestled in the valley. We arrived at the Paradise Lodge at about 3pm. We are now above the tree line at 4400m
Really enjoyed your blog ... gives me an idea of what to expect later this year in December :o)
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