Started our Nangkartshang Peak Descent back to Dingboche after spending around half an hour at Nangkartshang Peak. Definitely coming back up here in the future if time permits. Normal trekking time up to the top is around 2 hours based on what I’ve read online, 3 hours isn’t that bad I guess.
Dingboche and Nangkartshang Peak Acclimatization (5,083m). It took me around 3 hours to summit and Nangkartshang Peak was our second acclimatization exercise. The third and final would be Kala Patthar (5,545m), located at Gorak Shep (5,164m).
My chronicles from Tengboche to Dingboche. Arrived in Tengboche (3,900m) around half past two in the afternoon after a roller coaster journey from Namche Bazaar. The first view of Tengboche was painted by Tengboche’s monastery, also known as Dawa Choling Gompa.
Namche Bazaar to Tengboche (3,900m) took us around 4 hours to reach (9.6km) and gained us around 400m in elevation, going through paths beside mountains, towns, more yaks, great sceneries and the 5th suspension bridge. Never been excited to see suspension bridge in my entire life.
After tea-time, we headed back down to Namche Bazaar, but not before dropping by at Sagarmatha National Park, a world heritage site since 1979. This park houses a few distinguishable figures and scultures such as the memorial stupa of Sherpa Tenzing Norgay and a 2-stone-scultupre.
We stayed an extra day at Namche for our acclimatization right up to Syangboche’s highest point (3,841m) which granted us a clearer view of Everest, Lhotse and Ama Dablam. Namche Bazaar to Syangboche took us approximately 2 hours, but we stopped by at few locations such as Syangboche’s airstrip, and some of the resorts up there to have a cup of tea.