One Trek and One Marathon
The trainer was very excited about seeing the marathon runners who had started early that morning from Everest Base Camp running past, all of us on our way to Namche Bazaar. The event, originally to be in May was rescheduled to October due to the earthquakes.
We left our lodge at Pangboche as doctors prepared the medical check point and lodge staff the water bottles.
View of Tengboche in the Middle Distance
The Temple Gate in Tengboche (Thyanboche)
The following photos show the track. The steep uphill climb (600m) had nearly killed me on our 2013 trek. Coming back down isn’t easy either. It impacts on your knees so I use trekking poles. The track here has small loose rocks is slippery so the only way to go is slowly.
That’s me picking my way down with the trekking poles.
Runners taking their time
The trail from a distance… crazy
Sanasa with women selling jewellery
The Finishing Point at Namche Bazaar
Namche Bazaar from Above
The view of Namche Bazaar from above. I had my sights set on the red roofed lodge in the middle, right. Our favourite lodge, our own bathroom and a hot shower at last.
We had a drink at Café Danphe Bar to celebrate our successful, wonderful trek to Everest Base Camp. Huddled together in the bar we looked at all the photos the Trainer had taken. For the best of an hour I sat with tears streaming down my face, hardly able to believe the photos of the magical places we had just been.
The Year I Touched My Toes 
Great post 🙂
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Thanks 🙂
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Beautiful Louise! What inspired you to do Everest Base Camp? Have you always hiked?
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No never hiked. And never really backpacked. But have gone across the Sahara and a few other exotic destinations in the 80s but never hiked. The 2013 trek was our first attempt. But no camping and no big packs.
It was my husband’s dream to take our daughters to Nepal trekking.. I wasn’t in his plan at all but I didn’t want to be left behind and then they pulled out ! If you read the post called Everest Above our heads and Base Camp at our Feet it talks a bit about that at the end. Warning it is long post, I generally try to keep them to 300 words but it is 2,000. But it is a post that I am proud of as a piece of writing. And my home page should fill you in. I have another general post in draft which I will post soon.
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I will have to check it out! I am very curious. Thanks for sharing. 🙂 So you went alone then ? I will need to back up and read from the beginning!
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You need to read about the trainer
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Can you send me the exact link Louise? I will check it out later today! thx!
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I will go one better I will put together a new post. I need to review some info anyway. It will help pull everything together. This will probably take me a few days.
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Thanks Louise!!!! I can’t wait to read it and will go back and read through all your posts when I get a chance. I’d love to!
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