Tengboche – Hot showars for everyone
If you make it to Tengboche you will have your first view of Mt. Everest. For that reason many tourists will trek to Tengboche and then turn around and trek back to Lukla. Also in Tengboche is the famous Tengboche Monastery and, equally as important, the first “showar” available for trekkers.
Thrice built, twice destroyed - first by earthquake, later by fire, the Tengboche Monastery lies roughly midway between the Lukla airstrip and Everest Base Camp.
Most trekkers hiking through the Khumbu will hire a yak to carry their gear. One yak traditionally carries two 66-pound loads of gear and supplies. A single Everest team may require more than 200 animals for its expedition alone.
After a long day of hiking everyone was tired, including Dad and the yaks.
For a mere $1, you can buy a bucket of hot water for your own private “showar”.
Everest Base Camp Trek Journal:
Lukla – Welcome to the Khumbu Region
Phakding – It’s all uphill from here
Namche Bazaar – Never stand between a yak and a 1,000-ft sheer drop off
Thame – Good ‘ol sherpa hospitality
Khunde – May those who seek the Path of Peace find It, and Happiness
Tengboche – Hot showars for everyone
Dingboche – 14,300 foot high yak pastures
The Pyramid – Who built a pyramid in the middle of the Himalayas?
Gorak Shep – The inside of my tent is as cold as a meat locker
Kala Pattar – It’s all downhill from here, for us anyway
Everest Base Camp – We’ve already traveled a vertical distance of over 37,000 feet to get here – that’s more than one Everest!
map – gear – itinerary – news article
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