Day 3 Namche Bazaar Acclimatization day 1

Today we start to acclimatize, So we climbed the hill high above Namche, It was very very steep and mainly steps, We took it very very slow, Stopping many times, The guides keeping an eye on the group and walking as slow as the slowest person which is fine, Once above Namche we carried on to another village where i got my first glimpse of a real Yak, The ones that have carried our gear so far are hybrids, Once above 3500m you will see real yaks but they cannot survive below that, Beautiful creatures and seem less temperamental than the hybrids, We had lunch there which is a long affair, Whilst we were having lunch the clouds came down and we walked back in thick fog, We stopped at the Everest view hotel but it was a white out, Once we got back in Namche the fog lifted, A quite tough day but the group is doing good and i hope it continues, A easy day resting tomorrow before things get real

Namche Bazaar

 View from the balcont outside my room

 Climbing up to 12700 feet to acclimatize

 Diarmuid a crazy Irish man flying the flag

Ciaran the other crazy Irish man having some fun, Must be the lack of air

Our group with guides, Shame the view of Everest was blocked by the low cloud

Alpine flowers

Baby Yak

Prayer stones

Stupa

A real Yak

Entering Khumjung, Spinning the prayer wheels as you enter

Villagers

A tough climb with very enjoyable day, Feeling great and so far no ill effects, A rest day tomorrow and then off and up

Dave