Nepal – Day 5 – Deboche

If you missed Day 4, look below, these were posted the same time.

The trek to Deboche. Today we woke up to chilly and overcast skies. As always, the first item of business is a good breakfast to help fuel the day. It is amazing they have good eggs and toast here as everything is carried by hand (foot) from Lukla. They truly try hard to service the trekkers.

After breakfast, the days trek began, first a steep and long climb out of town, then some very undulating ups and downs until time to stop for mid-morning tea. By this time, the legs, lungs and heart have been tested several times. After a little more climbing up, again, we could see the valley and the next rise, in the valley was the lunch stop, Riverside Cafe, and on the next hill, we call the mountains was the stop for the night. By line of sight, it looked like a good time to arou d, rather than down to the valley bottom and back up again. But this is trekking in Nepal, we may be gaining only 1,400′ today, but by the end of the day the GPS will say we walked up for 3,077′.

The views today were mostly forest views, but several were magnificent as we walked through rhododendron forests with massive flowing trees. The trek up after lunch was a bit of a challenge, but accomplished by all. I will say I was trailing behind my group by 10 to 15 minutes taking my time and trying to give my heart rate so e recovery. About 90% of the way up, they ran into a yak traffic jam, so I caught up and we all arrived together. Thank you yaks. After the climb, which led to the village of Tengboche, we still had about 20 minutes to go downwards to Deboche where our home will be for a couple of nights.

There is not a lot here in this village other than a few teahouses to serve the trekkers. Our teahouse, Rivendell, is nice for what we expected, dinner was good and there was hot water in the shower, it was hard to adjust, but still good to get a warm shower after a long day.

This time really makes you appreciate the comforts of our lifestyle, but more so the efforts it takes in this country to serve the needs of trekkers from all over the world. Nothing is 5 star or maybe even 1 star, but it is good for where we are, this is a remote region without the services of roads or commercial utilities. Still, the efforts everyone goes through is appreciated. I know we are not high yet, but I am learning the art of sleeping in cold rooms…..

Philippians 3:14

7.5 miles – 3,077′ climbed

continue to day 6