Dingbohe to Lobuche

Dingboche to Lobuche was a 5 mile long trek, along with 2189 of elevation gain. It launched us from about 1500 ft to well above 1600 ft high. Staying at new Everest hotel at below freezing cold Lobuche, I cannot believe my garmine shows 16,183 ft. This is the highest elevation this watch has ever seen and so I. 

Our trek started at around 8:40 am, with a steep uphill crossing a few stupas, slowing leaving behind Ama Dablam. There were so many people on the trail and also there are several trails. We encountered a herd of yippis -- clafs of Yaks. We asked didi about their behavior as they were so cute. She said they go to grazing and also they drink breast milk from their mom. There were cutest little furry but quite strong animals that I have ever seen. I say this because they can so comfortably climb up the hill for grazing.  

Kul insisted taking a shorter trails, however two of us ended up taking slightly wrong direction. Mahesh and Puru sir were right, this time.  Nevertheless we were able to neviagate back to the main trails. We passed by a small town Pheriche, not right through, but from a distance. This is likely the village we will be staying on our way back. 

Today there were so many horses passed by us. They were offering 50$ ride to Gorekshep, which is apparently half the regular price. 

The most amazing part of this hike was we are slowly leaving behind Ama Dablam and getting closer to Mt. Everest, and also Lhotse is getting further away. This way we can get Mt. Everest uniquely on our field of view toward north east. It is quite amazing to witness himalays in all 4 direction, which is something I have never experienced before. 

 

In about 4 hour we arrived at our lunch place, which is a small town of Thukla. We had mushroom soup and simple dal, bhat, tarkari. The sitting was outdoor on the sun. It was so nice. After the lunch we had a pretty steep climb of Thukla ahead of us. This is brutle hike but as short as about 45 minutes. 

 

After we passed Thukla climb, much of the uphill for today is behind us. We took 15 mintue rest and there were so many other trekers. Dawa and Gyalsten were playing Nepali song lod in their speaker so we could not stop from dancing. It is an incredible experience that I can dance only about 1 minute, because of the high altitude otherwise I am not the person to get easily tired from dancing. I will be posting some of our dances in my TikTok with @cute40.

Nov 18, 2025