Walking For A Cure: Day 2 Phakding to Namche Bazaar

We were told that today would be the longest and hardest day of the trip, So up early and after breakfast we hit the trail at 8am, The weather was great and i had been up early photographing a mountain catching the early morning light behind our hotel, Yes the trail was long and steep but i loved every minute, The scenery was spectacular as we walked in valleys with bright glacial water roaring past us, We crossed the famous double suspended bridges and made the steep assent to Namche Bazaar, The day before our guide had told us that when yaks come along the path to keep near the wall side so as not to be knocked over the edge, Today a young chinese guy did not take that advise and was head butted over the edge and was very lucky as it was not a steep drop, Later in the day another yak had a fit and spun and fast circles throwing everything off its back and fighting withthe woman who was taking them up the mountain, The scenery is very much like Colorado but every now and again a beautiful snow clad peak could be seen poking its head high above, We have very lucky with the weather, it has been very warm and the temperature has only dropped since getting above 11000 feet, Today the air has been busy with helicopters taking people off the mountain and in the hotel in Namche there are people who have had to turn around through altitude sickness, We are checked each night for vitals, So far so good

View from outside my accommodation