Had breakfast (bowl of oat porridge and two hardboiled eggs for me), checked out and were on the road at 0800. We knew it was going to be a strenuous day, so no dilly dallying.
I watched the crew working on this new house. Two men inside and two out chipping rocks with rock hammers to fit in the walls. They use reinforced concrete in the bond beams and columns so the new houses should withstand earthquakes much better than the old technique of stacking rocks to make all the walls.
There is amazing scenery. unfortunately the photos don't do the scenery justice so I won't include many.
Saw this electrical splice right alongside the trail. It looks like the main feed for the village.
Tough trails again today.
Here we are at the entrance to the park.
There was a booth on the left where tickets were sold, manned by Nepali civil servants, and a checkpoint on the right manned by soldiers. Admission fee was 7,650 Rupees (appro $75) per person
Leaving the checkpoint, we climbed down tho Nepal's longest suspension bridge. Looking across, we could see why it was necessary to cross. The east bank was sheet cliff with no place for a trail.
We stopped for lunch in the last village before Namche. Feeling refreshed and ready to tackle the big climb to Namche, we crossed the river again and climbed toward a rather intimidating sight.
From here it was all uphill. Switchback trail cut into steep mountainside got tiring fast. Finally we broke out into a small rest area at about 10,000 feet. We enjoyed a short rest then made the final climb up to Namche, arriving at our hotel in the lower part of town at 1600 hours 1 and 10,881 feet.
Lower entrance to Namche Bazaar.
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