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Everest Base Camp - Day 4

Date ... Wednesday, 2 September 2009
Start ... Namche Bazaar (altitude - 3440 metres)
Finish ... Namche Bazaar (altitude - 3440 metres)
Time taken ... about 2 hours 30 mins (including stops)


Day 4 on our trek was a scheduled 'rest' day, to allow us to acclimatise to the affects of been at altitude. Some of the team decided they wanted to visit the nearby sherpa villages of Khunde and Khumjung which was about a 5 hour trip. I was starting to feel all of the travelling etc starting to catch up with me so I 'lazy' day in the village. After a walk around the shops and a visit to the Everest Bakery where I had one of the best ever cups of coffee I decided to have a wander around the village to take some photo's. I kept getting some more tantalizing glimpses of the high mountains through the clouds so I extended my walk out to the view point, along the track towards Tengboche.

Namche Bazaar

Namche Bazaar

The chorten and prayer wheels at the entrance to the village

The chorten and prayer wheels at the entrance to the village

The village is built on a natural steep sided bowl in the hillside

The village is built on a natural steep sided bowl in the hillside

Looking down onto the village, you can make out the chorten in the bottom right of the photo

Looking down onto the village, you can make out the chorten in the bottom right of the photo

The path going diagonally across the opposite side of the village is the main trekking route out towards Tengboche

The path going diagonally across the opposite side of the village is the main trekking route out towards Tengboche

This photo should give you some idea how steep the slopes around the village are?

This photo should give you some idea how steep the slopes around the village are?

The large mani stone marks the exit village

The large mani stone marks the exit village

The Sherpa Museum, with the military outpost on the hill behind

The Sherpa Museum, with the military outpost on the hill behind

The villagers cutting the hay and picking the potatoes in the fields around the village

The villagers cutting the hay and picking the potatoes in the fields around the village

Looking down the valley we walked along the previous day

Looking down the valley we walked along the previous day

The path to Tengboche, I only went as far as the chorten!

The path to Tengboche, I only went as far as the chorten!

Zooming in on the chorten

Zooming in on the chorten

This was built to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1st ascent of Everest

This was built to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1st ascent of Everest

Looking along the valley towards the cloud shrouded mountains

Looking along the valley towards the cloud shrouded mountains

The clouds would part to give the odd glimpse of the giants that I knew were at the head of the valley

The clouds would part to give the odd glimpse of the giants that I knew were at the head of the valley

As I headed back towards Namche the views improved a bit

As I headed back towards Namche the views improved a bit

Zooming in, Everest or not? Sadly no this is Lhotse, only the fourth highest mountain in the world!

Zooming in, Everest or not? Sadly no this is Lhotse, only the fourth highest mountain in the world!

More yaks carrying their loads up the valley somewhere

More yaks carrying their loads up the valley somewhere

Back in Namche, time to pay another visit to the bakery!

Back in Namche, time to pay another visit to the bakery!