We left the Ama Dablam lodge at kangzuma just after 8 this morning. Tashi had been an incredible host and even welcomed us to visit her amazing prayer room.
The full team with Tashi outside the lodge before leaving this morning.
The views of Ama Dablam from Tashi’s have been sublime
Ama Dablam from Tashi’s tea house
We hadn’t been long on the trail when it steepened and our breaths deepened, when it levelled off we were treated to an amazing view of Everest, Lhotse, and Ama Dablam again.
Left to right you can see Everest, Llohtse, and Ama Dablam (ignoring the dark mountain on the left in the foreground)
Then it was on to khum Jung with its mani walls inscribed with Buddhist prayers and where we picked up Mongo the dog.
A further couple of hours trekking through pine forest with views all over.
How far with Mongo the dog join us? We’re all keen on a base camp companion but it’s up to him!
And here we now are with Ang Chuttin Sherpa’s Alpine Lodge. Ang Chuttin Sherpa won the Everest marathon on her first attempt despite stopping to chat to friends along the route. She was then discovered and sponsored to race all over the world including Berlin and Singapore.
Left to right: Billy, Ang Chuttin Sherpa, Rory, Jonathan, Laksma
Rory, love these updates. The pictures of the mountains are so beautiful. You must be dying to begin the climb. I felt like climbing Ama Dablam in that first picture… and I’m not even a climber!