22,633 steps, 7.6km. 12,771 ft altitude. Lunch at Phunki Thanga.
We are Thyangboche. I just finished Kriya (it's evening). Amazing. Reflecting on the whole. Everything seems so big and small at the same time. There was a stupa (chorten) in the distance on a big, brown mountain (others were white, snow-capped). Everyone's laughing in the other room - it's a nice group, coming together so well. I was looking at that Stupa (small from my perspective) and thinking about the person who had thought of building it high up there, the people who carried the building materials, and people who designed and built it. I can hear a Buddhist gong in the distance. It's nice.
I did well today - it's a steady incline. The altitude makes it difficult. Milan says Namche is tougher but I felt this one was tougher. He said it's the altitude. It's true. People also kinda got disoriented by the time we reached the lodge (Ama Dabalim). Doctor forgot his bag. Divya was delirious along the way. It has to be the altitude - or not! There were lot of yaks or rather one group of yaks along the way. One of the yaks nearly ran into doctor on a bridge - he lost his SLR's lens cap.
I met Ming Ma, a 17 year old boy along the way. He grew up in Darjeeling, then went to Sikkim to become a Llama. He couldn't take the 4AM rituals and ran out to become a Sherpa. He liked Shahid Kapoor, Salman Khan and Chiranjeevi.
I've ordered garlic soup. I pretty much have the same breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday (it's my hiking ritual - I stick to what works). Sherpa porridge, eggs, bread for breakfast. Thukpa, eggs for lunch. Thukpa, eggs and garlic soup for dinner. I sometimes ate fried rice when I needed more calories and carbs.
We are Thyangboche. I just finished Kriya (it's evening). Amazing. Reflecting on the whole. Everything seems so big and small at the same time. There was a stupa (chorten) in the distance on a big, brown mountain (others were white, snow-capped). Everyone's laughing in the other room - it's a nice group, coming together so well. I was looking at that Stupa (small from my perspective) and thinking about the person who had thought of building it high up there, the people who carried the building materials, and people who designed and built it. I can hear a Buddhist gong in the distance. It's nice.
I did well today - it's a steady incline. The altitude makes it difficult. Milan says Namche is tougher but I felt this one was tougher. He said it's the altitude. It's true. People also kinda got disoriented by the time we reached the lodge (Ama Dabalim). Doctor forgot his bag. Divya was delirious along the way. It has to be the altitude - or not! There were lot of yaks or rather one group of yaks along the way. One of the yaks nearly ran into doctor on a bridge - he lost his SLR's lens cap.
I met Ming Ma, a 17 year old boy along the way. He grew up in Darjeeling, then went to Sikkim to become a Llama. He couldn't take the 4AM rituals and ran out to become a Sherpa. He liked Shahid Kapoor, Salman Khan and Chiranjeevi.
I've ordered garlic soup. I pretty much have the same breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday (it's my hiking ritual - I stick to what works). Sherpa porridge, eggs, bread for breakfast. Thukpa, eggs for lunch. Thukpa, eggs and garlic soup for dinner. I sometimes ate fried rice when I needed more calories and carbs.
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