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Thur 23rd Feb.  The rest day that isn't..!!

23/2/2017

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Today was the first of our two acclimatisation days. We departed at 8.15am on a perfect cloudless morning for the short but steep 400mt climb to Everest View Hotel at 3,900mts. Everest and its mighty neighbours were in full view. Marsala tea on the balcony of the hotel made for a lovely half hour looking up the Khumbu Valley to Everest.
We then returned to Namche via lunch at beautiful Kumjung, sitting outside in the sun enjoying the panorama. We then visited the Kumjung school where Neil dropped off some pencils and felt pens that he had brought up. The school was happy to receive this. Our visit coincided with the lunch time bell going off and all of us being surrounded by several small children. A real highlight.
The steep drop down to Namche provided us some very good photo opportunities of the village. 
Simi and Dan arrived back into Namche not feeling quite 100% and are relaxing back at the lodge. The rest of us have grabbed our last half-decent coffee at the bakery. From tomorrow, bakeries and coffees will become a distant memory..!!

The plan tomorrow is to depart Namche around 8am for Deboche. The walk will initially be pleasant and reasonably flat (apart form the climb out of Namche) but will then drop steeply to a river. We will have a light lunch at the river before our climb up to Thengboche. Then a little further on to our nights stop at Deboche.
Internet may be dodgy from Deboche, so don't panic if there is no update tomorrow night.
17 Comments
Sue
23/2/2017 10:21:15 pm

Not a cloud in sight??? Very lucky. Simi and Dan, rest up. Given you've been up to a little under 4000 meters, it's common to feel crap. I can almost guarantee you'll spring out of bed in the morning ready to go. It's a great "rest" day!!!

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David G
24/2/2017 02:21:38 am

Hi Sue. Both Simi and Dan already up and about and ready for tomorrow.

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Dis
23/2/2017 10:42:32 pm

Rest Day! Great day for an easy walk and lots to see around Ku Jung and Namche. Hope Daniel and Simi feel OK in the morning.

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David G
24/2/2017 02:33:53 am

Dis. We got back into Namche around 2.30 today, and yes, some of the team went exploring the village. Fair to say that most of the team love Namch'

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Spanna's
23/2/2017 11:19:30 pm

It sounds like every one is having lots of fun, and a laugh a minute, john you forgot you razor, you need a shave, hope Dan .and Semi are feeling better, the photos are great regards mum

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David G
24/2/2017 02:23:11 am

Yep, both feeling much better tonight and ready for the next phase of their adventure.

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Richard link
23/2/2017 11:44:16 pm

Fantastic Pictures ..how awesome is that weather...enjoy the walk out of Namche

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David G
24/2/2017 02:25:00 am

Brilliant day today Rick. Forecast shows one or two ordinary days ahaead, so hoping our KP day will be a good one.

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Christine hennigan
24/2/2017 12:17:30 am

The pictures are beautiful. Enjoy the beauty, there's nothing like it.

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David G
24/2/2017 02:25:42 am

Thanks Christine

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Adrian (Dad)
24/2/2017 02:04:32 am

Words fail only the images can capture the grandeur of your adventure Neil. Epic!

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David G
24/2/2017 02:31:32 am

Hi Adrian. Great that you are following our progress. Glad you like our photos, but you just have to see the place with your own eyes to truly appreciate the scale of the surroundings. Photos are great, but they never really capture the true beauty. If the team liked today's scenery, then they are going to be even more impressed over the next 4-5 days as we go higher.

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Wine link
24/2/2017 09:29:18 am

Dave, no photo of the most beautiful mountain of then all- Ama Dablam. Great photos though. The memory of that "rest day" climb to and the icy descent from Everest View Hotel to Khumjung comes flooding back.

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Simon Flynn
24/2/2017 06:33:38 pm

Photos look awesome guys, what an amazing view

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Dis
24/2/2017 06:59:00 pm

Who is that on the left hand end of the first photo?

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Sue
24/2/2017 07:34:27 pm

Dis, that's Mingma's wife Nima. She is portering for them also.

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Treelessgeorge
25/2/2017 09:49:05 am

Great photos guys... Love that one member is still wearing shorts!

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    ​Hi all.

    Welcome to the 2017 EBC trip blog.

    David will update and post the progress of the team from their departure out of Melbourne to their slog up to Everest Base Camp at 5,545m amsl and then their safe descent and recovery back down.

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