| Date ... | Friday, 4 September 2009 |
| Start ... | Tengboche (altitude - 3870 metres) |
| Finish ... | Pheriche (altitude - 4240 metres) |
| Time taken ... | 6 hours 0 mins (including stops) |
Stunning, awesome, breathtaking .... these are a few of the words I would use to describe the view we were treated to when the bells sounded at 5 am to call the monks to prayers. After the previous few days of frustration with the cloud masking the high mountains, the early morning air was cold and clear. I couldn't get my camera out of its case fast enough, I took dozens of photos hanging out of the bedroom window, before putting my boots on and heading outside. Everyone was out with their camera's clicking away, and I didn't blame them, it was freezing cold, as the sun hadn't broken over the tops of the mountains, but I don't anyone was bothered. The walk along the valley to Pheriche seemed to fly by, the height gain was a lot less than the previous day, and the altitude was starting to effect a few folks by now. But the stunning views of the highest mountains in the world towering above us easily took our minds off any of that. It was only late in the afternoon as we got above the tree line for the first time, that the cloud came down again. Fingers crossed that wasn't our last views of the mountains!
The view that greeted me when I opened the bedroom window, one that will stay in my memory for a long time!
A close up on the summit of Everest, with the first rays of sun just hitting it
Ama Dablam
Everest and Lhotse
Another view of Everest and Lhotse, it was just stunning!
Taboche peak was catching the sun as well now
I couldn't resist one more .....
We decided to have a team photo here, just in case we didn't get the views at base camp!
Thamserka and Kangtega summits
A close up view ....
Looking back down the valley at Kongde, which towers over Namche Bazzar, we were there for two days and never saw it!
A closer view of Kongde
Thamserka and Kangteage towering over our lodge
Heading out of Tengboche ....
A close up on Everest, Nuptse and Lhotse
Ama Dablam dominated the views was we headed along the valley towards Pangboche
A close up view of Ama Dablam
The views were just amazing as we walked along the valley, it was hard to believe that all that had been hiding in the clouds!
Approaching Pangboche village and the morning coffee stop
Looking along the valley towards Shomare village
Shomare with Lhotse dominating the view at the head of the valley
Sadly as we climbed above the tree line the cloud descended again
Some of the glaciers coming down off Ama Dablam
Heading towards Pheriche, the wind had picked up and it was pretty cold by now
Crossing the Lobuche Khola river
Heading into Pheriche
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All of the photograph's in this gallery were taken using a Fuji S100fs camera © www.mywainwrights.co.uk (This page was last updated - 27 September 2009)
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