Dingboche to Everest Base Camp
April 15th 2013 Monday 8th April
A normal morning routine saw us leaving Dingboche (pronounced Ding-bo-shay) at 07:40. The walking started with a short westward uphill section to climb out of the Imja Khola (Dingboche) valley and then contoured along the side of the Chola Khola valley as far as Thokla. At 09:40 we stopped at the lodge/tea house at Thokla for the normal mid-morning lemon tea and half-hour rest.
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