The Monument to Climbers Killed on Everest

Dingboche

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April 2nd 2007
Quite an easy 3 hour walk to Dingboche and an OK lodge. It's a bit Butlins - 2 cabins with a Western (joy!) loo in between. In the afternoon we walked over to Pheriche (with one of the 20 Minuters) to hear the daily talk by the Himalayan doctor team on Altititude Sickness. It was pretty interesting. The onset of Mountain sickness is pretty gradual and you should be able to detect it in time to de ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Dingboche

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In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. A Maoist in... ... read more