Blogs from Dingboche, Nepal, Asia - page 3

With an afternoon to kill, I thought it would be nice to have a look round Dingboche - it didnt take long. My main reason for this was to hunt out a mobile phone signal that Dirge believed you could get by some green shed he pointed out to me about a 100m from the lodge. I went to the directed location, but no signal. I reasoned that perhaps if I walked to the top of the village I might get a signal - this proved fruitless also. Stopping and asking other trekkers in the village, they pointed me to the rows of orange tents at the lower end of the village - this also proved fruitless. About to give up, I noticed the 2 stompas (churches) on the hills behind the village at its lower ... read more

There were great opportunities to get some close up shots, courtesy of a telephoto lens, of the impressive Ama Dablam mountain.... read more

Geo: 27.8925, 86.8447Wie immer ist das Aufstehen am Schlimmsten: raus aus dem halbwegs warmen Schlafsack und rein in die kalten Klamotten. Selbst das Mitnehmen der Kleidung in den Schlafsack bringt nicht wirklich etwas und mit den Stiefeln geht es ja eh nicht.Um 8:00 Uhr brechen wir abermals auf. Die Strecke, die wir heute laufen ist die bisher schoenste und wird von A-Z begleitet von schoenstem Sonnenschein. Was die Strecke so schoen macht ist die Abwechslung: von grossen Flaechen und Haengen, zu Ebenen, Nadelwald –alles ist dabei. Natuerlich auch der Fluss, den es ein weiteres mal zu ueberqueren gilt, was abermals etwas frustrierend ist, bedeutet es doch ein ganzes Stueck, was man nach Oben bereits geschafft zu haben meint, wieder runter zu muessen – und noch viel schlimmer – spaeter auch wieder hinauf.Bevor wir wieder runter muessen ... read more

Today was an acclimatization day thankfully. An opportunity to rest after the fairly hectic previous two days. We spent the morning walking up the hillside next to Dingboche to get used to the altitude. That hillside is over an 45 degree walk up over 400m in altitude which took us nearly two hours to climb. At the top it was wonderful however. Gorgeous views of the surrounds made the climb worthwhile. We could see Island peak all the way from here, which is the mountain that the American climber wanted to do. We took lots of photos from the top, including on an outcropping which everyone else jumped onto and which I crawled up on to. As usual the walk down afterwards was a piece of cake, if you ignore the murder you did to your ... read more

I write easy day because today is our acclimitization day, where we 'rest' so our bodies acclimate to the 14k ft elevation. So, on this day, the three of us did a 2,400 foot climb to the top of Nangkar Tshang. In reality, it was a true test of endurance, to realize if I had what it takes to make a similar climb from Gorak Shep to Kala Patar (18,200), the elevation climax of my trip. The way up me, Buddhi, and Phorbu talked the typical guy conversation, but it was lots of fun, and i'm so pleased how great we all get along. It makes the trek a blast, and it's a wonderful feeling of brotherhood between us 3. (Buddhi is even planning my next trek here, pointing to the mountain in the distance that ... read more