After consuming a large number off eggs we set off once again, heading north towards the mountains (didn't anyone tell you? The mountains are always to the north!) With relatively little altitude to gain, it took us only a few hours to reach Tengboche and settle in for lunch.
While eating we listened to the shrill cry of the pissed off cow behind us and admired the "spectacular" view of Mount Everest. Later we went for our very first acclimatization hike, all the way up to 4000m, which gave us a great view of town and the valley below! On the way down we stopped at the famous Tengboche Monastery and observed the local Buddhist ceremony... for over and hour. There was lots of weird chanting, tea, and incense to cover up the smell of feet (everyone had to take their shoes off after trekking all day).
After 3:00 tea we headed back up the trail in search of an alleged geocache. A few misguided directions (my bad) and some searching later, we located the tupperware container and little Pepito the Gnome. We headed back down through the fog to our lodge and lamented over the now cloudy view of everyones favorite mountain.
And, in case my sarcasm wan't quite thick enough, I finish today's post with a special feature:
Kevin's Guide to Locating Mount Everest!
Step 1: Look for the highest, most amazing, most spectacular mountains you can see. Congratulations! You've located Ama Dablam (6812m)!
Step 2: Ok, now look to the left for the next highest mountain you can find. Got it? Congratulations! You've locate Lhotse (8516m), the fourth highest mountain in the world.
Step 3: You're really close! Do you see the one next to Lhotse? Yes? Is it really pointy and menacing? Yeah? Congratulations! That's actually Lhotse Shar (8383m), they don't even count that one as its own mountain.
Step 4: Alright, let's look to the left this time. What do you see now? Big? Impressive? Covered in snow? Congratulations! That mountain doesn't even have a name. It's probably only a little over 6000m tall.
Step 5: We're almost there, you just went too far left. See that really big point with a bunch of smaller ones all around it? Congratu- No. That one's Nuptse (7861m). I'm just using it as a reference point.
Step 6: This is it. To the right of Nuptse, but to the left of Lhotse, that little dumpy trapezoid just barely sticking up over the ridge? Congratulations! You've found Mount Everest! At 8848m, it is the highest point on earth! Woo. Hoo.
While eating we listened to the shrill cry of the pissed off cow behind us and admired the "spectacular" view of Mount Everest. Later we went for our very first acclimatization hike, all the way up to 4000m, which gave us a great view of town and the valley below! On the way down we stopped at the famous Tengboche Monastery and observed the local Buddhist ceremony... for over and hour. There was lots of weird chanting, tea, and incense to cover up the smell of feet (everyone had to take their shoes off after trekking all day).
After 3:00 tea we headed back up the trail in search of an alleged geocache. A few misguided directions (my bad) and some searching later, we located the tupperware container and little Pepito the Gnome. We headed back down through the fog to our lodge and lamented over the now cloudy view of everyones favorite mountain.
And, in case my sarcasm wan't quite thick enough, I finish today's post with a special feature:
Kevin's Guide to Locating Mount Everest!
Step 1: Look for the highest, most amazing, most spectacular mountains you can see. Congratulations! You've located Ama Dablam (6812m)!
Step 2: Ok, now look to the left for the next highest mountain you can find. Got it? Congratulations! You've locate Lhotse (8516m), the fourth highest mountain in the world.
Step 3: You're really close! Do you see the one next to Lhotse? Yes? Is it really pointy and menacing? Yeah? Congratulations! That's actually Lhotse Shar (8383m), they don't even count that one as its own mountain.
Step 4: Alright, let's look to the left this time. What do you see now? Big? Impressive? Covered in snow? Congratulations! That mountain doesn't even have a name. It's probably only a little over 6000m tall.
Step 5: We're almost there, you just went too far left. See that really big point with a bunch of smaller ones all around it? Congratu- No. That one's Nuptse (7861m). I'm just using it as a reference point.
Step 6: This is it. To the right of Nuptse, but to the left of Lhotse, that little dumpy trapezoid just barely sticking up over the ridge? Congratulations! You've found Mount Everest! At 8848m, it is the highest point on earth! Woo. Hoo.
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