Words and worlds

Day 8: Periche to Lobuche

July 10, 2014

After a day and a half of rest and relaxation in the soft valley of Periche, we picked the trail head back up early morning…

Day 6: Tengbouche to Periche

July 8, 2014

A rooster? All the way up here? Really? Those were my first thoughts in the morning after a too short of night’s sleep in Tengbouche.…

Day 5: Namche to Tengbouche

July 7, 2014

Perching at a height of 3,867 metres is the incredibly small villiage of Tengbouche (Thyangboche). Tengbouche holds great importance to trekkers, Buddhists and the people of…

Day 3: Diamox and Namche

July 6, 2014

We sauntered lightly over deep trails, trails slicked by mountain dew and sodden green moss; trails that without a doubt hundreds of thousands of villagers and…