Namche bazar to Pangboche

Namche bazar to Pangboche is a strenuous long hike because of uphill. My Garmin showed more than 9 mile of distance, along with about 3471 ft of elevation gain and about 1900 ft of elevation loss. That is incredible.

We started from Namche at around 8 am, and we were challenged by almost straight up incline to the Everest view hotel area (the areas we came yesterday for acclimatization). Then we had a fairly flat and somewhat inclined few hours of hike. Subsequently, we encountered  the view of small towns, including standing tall Tengboche village. The hike was like winding up, and quickly winding down, multiple times on the suspension bridge over the to the Dutha Koshi. The sound of the rapidly flowing water from the deep down is remarkable and breathtaking. 

We were told that the hardest part of today's hike is the final stretch to get to Tengboche. In order to prepare, we had heavy lunch (dal, bhat, tarkari) at Phunki Thengha. Well before noon, we started the hardest climb. On the way up on the side, we spotted Daphe, the national bird of Nepal. It was so cool to have his unique experience. The jungle was filled with Laligurash (Rhododentram). I wonder when they bloom how it looks like. 

At around 3 o'clock we arrived at Tengboche, which had the majestic view of Mt. Everest, Lhoste, and Ama Lalam. Puru sir and I spent so much time to take pictures and we had so far the best chiya in the hotel next to Gumba. It was possible that the taste of chiya had some thing to do with how tired we were. On the other hand, Mahesh jee and Kul were further away we did not even see their trace. The only time we were all together was during lunch. 

Then, we had another about 3 hours of hike that was in principle not so difficult but this was when we were so tired. At around 4 o'clock we seem to get closer to Pangboche. Then we stated to see some very interesting wildlife. There were a herd of Jharal, a type of animal I have never seen. It had beautiful horns, and the animal is slightly bigger than large goats.  Then, we saw several yaks grazing on the hill. It is amazing that these animal can walk in such inclined area. 

At around 4:30 we arrived lower Pangboche, where we are staying. The name of hotel is NewDewa. I had hot shower, probably the last shower for the trip to base camp, but let's see. 

Nov 15, 2025