Namche: Day 3: First Encounter with Everest Expedition Team

First views of the snow-capped mountains in the Himalayas!

The Village of Namche. Last chance to stock up on mountain gear and chocolate of course!


Today was our acclimatization day so we hiked up to 3800m and then back to Namche where we’ll spend another night. I woke up with a headache this morning and it’s been on and off all day. Evan and John were also feeling crappy so now we’re just taking it easy.

Namche is quite the little happening village with chocolate, mountain gear, and jewelry sold everywhere. It’s colorful and I had a good time exploring it today (which took all of about ½ hour)

The boys are out now. They’re funny. Their nicknames are Dolly (John) Pigeon (Gary) and Collie (Evan). They always call each other by their nicknames and they bicker constantly. Yesterday they told me they were relieved to have me along otherwise they’d constantly be at each other. I saw it come out last night playing cards. It’s quite funny. Really, they are like brothers. Probably by the end of two weeks I’ll be right in there, fighting with them too!

Yesterday I met a team from Brazil who will be climbing Everest. They were staying at the same mountain hut. They are hiking to base camp from the Nepal side to acclimatize but they will be climbing from the Tibetan side. That’s been the most exciting part for me… meeting people who are actually climbing Everest! and they are staying at the same places we are!!