Panoramic view from Hotel Everest View 3,880 metres (12,730 feet)
Early morning sunlight on Kongde Ri from my room in the Friendship Lodge in Namche Bazaar
This is the spectacular view that greeted me this morning as I opened the curtains in my room! After breakfast of porridge and honey plus chapati and jam we set off on our morning acclimatisation walk from Namche Bazzar up to the Hotel Everest View. Namche is at a height of 3,410 metres (11,188 feet). It was a steep climb up to the ridge above the town. Today we followed the acclimatisation rule of 'climb high, sleep low' . . . two nights in Namche are essential before walking to higher elevations in the Khumbu. The photo below shows the view back down to Namche from the high ridge above the town.
Namche Bazaar looking across to the snowy peak of Kongde Ri 6,187 metres (20,298 feet)
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