Well it seems everyone survived the Namche Hill and the team have had their first night in what can be thought of as the ‘Capital City of the Khumbu’ and are enjoying a full day of acclimatization today.
Namche is a thriving hub where you can get pretty much anything. Any final forgotten items can be grabbed from the convenience stores, gear stores pharmacies etc or if you’re organized you can relax at a huge array of internet cafes, bakeries, juice bars, restaurants and teahouses.

To acclimatize, our Western & International Guided Team headed out to visit the nunnery at Thame while the other teams headed up to the Everest view hotel to see if they could get a glimpse of Everest before the cloud cover came in.  Looks like they got lucky!

Absolutely beautiful weather and happy adventurers, what a mix.

I think I’ll let the pictures of the journey thus far speak for themselves today.

Tomorrow they are off to Tengboche, with a typical mountain day of first up, then down, then up again ahead of them. (Just quietly that hill into Tengboche is almost as testing as the Namche one, especially if they decide to take the shorter but steeper old route) If they are lucky they’ll enjoy fabulous views of Ama Dablam and glimpses of Everest all day.

Cheers,
Caroline