Group at behind the Namche Museum -Background Mt. Tobuche, Nuptse. Everest, Lotshe and Aama Dabalam
Day 4- 21th April, 2010- An acclimatization day
Day three of the Trek started with clear skies and another great breakfast of cereal, eggs and toast. Today is a rest day and acclimatization day, but this also meant that we hiked to the Sherpa village of Khumjung and back to Namche Village. This allowed us to gain some altitude and then sleep lower before we push higher into the Khumbu to Tengboche tomorrow.
We started by hiking up to the Namche Museum which lies just above town. This was an old military post and is now a museum. This was a great start as we were able to get our first views of Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, and Ama Dablam. WOW. The museum was really interesting and we enjoyed Tendi’s talk. Tendi is our lead Sherpa, “Sirdar”.
at Namche Museum
We then hiked up to the Everest View Hotel which sits approximately at 13,000 feet and has SPECTACULAR VIEWS of all the previously mentioned mountains. This hotel has the claim of being the highest hotel in the world. We had a coke and enjoyed the views. Again WOW what a place.
At Everest View Hotel enjoying with coke
The hike down to Khumjung and thru town was a special treat as we were the only folks doing this. We had lunch at Ama Dablam View Lodge. The name says it all, as the view of the mountain is spectacular. We were treated with watching the moon rise directly above Ama Dablam. This Sherpa village was a special treat as it allowed us to view the local High School and the kids playing. What a treat. One of the young ones was very talkative and his English was very good. He startled Alan with questions and it was magical and funny to watch.
Small School kid at Khumjung
The hike back to Namche had nice views as we came down the other side from where we walked up. We passed a small Monastery and back into town we strolled.
