http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Nepal , Dingboche en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 16:12:25 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:12:25 +0000 REST DAY DingbocheUnusual porridge this morning 6.510 on the NPI thin sweet with 1 peanut . Todays rest day entails a hike to Chukhung Village an elevation gain of approx 490m its supposed to be a 56 hr return trip knowing how these estimations now work it might mean 8 hrs who knows While waiting to head out Dhana and I have an impromptu game of point scoring via an ice hockeysoc http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/blog-785450.html Pangboche 3860m to Dingboche 4360mMake it through the night managing to put off going to the yak toilet until 0600. It39s actually a very nice toilet and quite peaceful out there in the early morning light. Enough toilet talk...Slow start we dont leave until 0830 projected time is a 3 hr easy walk to Dingboche. It is in fact pretty easy we cross the Khumbu Khola lots of gentle up and do http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/blog-785446.html It39s been a few days since my last update but I39ve been pretty tired at the end of the day and gone straight to bed after the evening meal on two occasions and hard to find internet cafes on the others However we are now in the village of Dingboche for the second of our acclimatisation days so we have an afternoon free and the village has 3 internet cafes. Unfortunately most don39t see http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/blog-779937.html Lobuche 4930m Dingboche 4360m Pangboche 3860mTime takenLobuche Dingboche 2 hoursLeaving Lobuche early our plan was to trek back down to Tengboche via Dingboche on the opposite side of the ridge to Pheriche to give ourselves new views and villages to stay in. Dingboche is a quiet place considerably less open and windy than Pheriche and we stayed at a lodge called the Sonam Friendship Lodg http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/blog-777678.html Typing with chilly fingers from Dingboche. Two stunningly clear days from Namche to here. A wee scamper above Tengboche monastery yesterday afternooon gave me enough beautiful landscape to make the trip worth it on its own.Today39s trek was fine no ill effects yet. Still stunningly clear all day but the clouds are now building around the high snowy peaks around me as I type so a weather chang http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/blog-759937.html Leaving the memorial stones behind we descend slightly and into the valley that marks the start of the end of the Khumba glacier a twisting snaking river of glacial moraine and rocks. In the distance we get great views of the mountain peaks of Lobuche East 6090m West 6135 and Pumo Ri 7165m on the NepalTibet border. Walking along the Khumba glacier is the beginning of the end of the tr http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/blog-759802.html At the top of the Thokla steps where the memorial stones to those who have died on Everest and other mountains in the region. I spent a good 30 minutes here reading name after name both Nepalese and foreign none of which I had ever heard of but all of which were moving to read of their achievements and their loss. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/blog-759795.html Stopped for lunch at Thokla just after crossing the river that is fed from the Khumba Glacier. The next section of the walk was 300m ascent straight up hill a lot of which were up steps of rock. This proved to be the hardest ascent so for me even harder than that to get into Namche. After a couple of hours slow climbing I reached the top and walked into the valley of memorial stones for the f http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/blog-759790.html Today didnt get off to a particularly good start. I was off my breakfast a worrying sign of AMS but at least the mild headache had gone with the antiinflamottory drugs I was taking. Today was to be a pretty long and arduous walk to Lobuche. The first hour or so proved relatively easier than the rest of the day with a gently including slope along a ride above Pheriche valley and to the left of http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/blog-759787.html We arrived at Chhukhung around 1130 and rested for an hour in the warmth of the teahouse with superb panaromic views of Nuptse and the Lhotse mountains around us. It was time to descend back down to Dingboche and within a few minutes I began to develop shooting pains in my left knee. With increased use of the trekking poles to take the weight off my knee I desceneded slowly. Whilst I was the fi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/blog-759786.html Dirge pointed out Island Peak quite early on our trek to Chhukhung which is also the route that those who go on the Island Peak climb take. At 6189m Island Peak is considered the easiest 6000m peak to climb in the Himalaya. Several tour operators include trips to climb Island Peak even Peregrine with whom I was with. Their website as I recalled suggested no previous climbing experience was r http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/blog-759784.html Passing the Chhukhung glacier to our right on the way to Chhukhung. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/blog-759779.html Today was another of those rest days that actually involved a lot of walking effectively back to the same location.After a hearty breakfast of porridge oats and pancakes we stepped outside to clear blue skies and light winds and headed off on our acclimitisation walk to Chhukhung further up the valley towards Island Peak. We would ascend around 300m or so to 4770m crossing several times over http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/blog-759778.html 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 sign http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/blog-759776.html We saw Dingboche first from a reasonable distance away which always helps with the motivation to make the last few miles. When I arrived at the outskirts of the village I noticed only a single pathStreet through the middle of the village. This consisted of rocky path no wider than 68 feet flanked on either side by buildings or stone walls with a small stream running down the middle of the pa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/blog-759775.html There were great opportunities to get some close up shots courtesy of a telephoto lens of the impressive Ama Dablam mountain. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/blog-759773.html In the morning we waved goodbye to the other group from Peregrine our tour operator who had stayed at the same lodge as us the night before and who were traveling down to warmer climes in Namche Bazar. They left us with tales of biting winds chilling colds and exhausting climbs and treks to reach Kala Pattar and Everest Base Camp EBC. Thanks for the motivational talk guysStarting out from P http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/blog-759772.html Unsecured Particular Loans Without Credit TestOwn unsecured loans for bad credit are availed by people for many causes these as assembly sudden and sudden costs getting new elements for home arranging activities and for healthrelated uses. Loan seekers normally have solutions of choosing a secured mortgage or an personal loans interest rates based on their fiscal place and belongings. Unsecur http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/blog-717104.html Greetings. Typing from the highest permanent settlement in Nepal a wee yak herding village called Dingboche which sits at the head of the Chukkung valley at 4400m 14200ft. I type from a wee tent outside a wee lodge with snowy Himalayan peaks all around me. I had to wait for the young chap to start up the generator before we could get the machine up an running. It39s very cold today s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/blog-591729.html NEPAL YALA PEAK NAYAKANGA PEAK CLIMBING Nepal Yala and Naya peak are situated north from Katmandu near border of Tibet China . This is one of the easy lowest trekking peaks in Nepal . Drive from Kathmandu to Dhunche about 7 to 8 hours by bus and we flow the trekking rout of Lang tang valley on till kyangjin gompa. From kyangjin gumpa you will pass through the Air port than you torn to north i http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Dingboche/blog-499692.html