Dingboche

Day 5 Millingo - Dingboche
9,5km
639hm/112hm

What a day - almost perfect. Fantastic weather and breathtaking views of Ama Dablam, Lhotse, Everest and Nupse, a beautiful path up to 4,350m to Dingboche and finally a cinnamon bun, a chocolate roll and a hot chocolate in one of the 4 bakeries here in Dingboche. In the French Bakery we got to talk to Brad (insta: bradjohnson_ridgway) from Colorado - a 60/65 year old mountain guide who had been to Nepal for the first time about 30/35 years ago. At that time people still went with tents into the mountains. Pensions, let alone bakeries, did not exist at that time. He went on 10 expeditions of 8,000 meter peaks and was successful 3 times - Everest, Cho Oyu and Makalu. His second home is the Cordillera Huayhuash in Peru. We talked about the evolution of mountaineering and agreed that nowadays inexperienced, unsuitable people climb 8,000ers just to achieve followers and without sharing any appreciation of the team that has most of the work and carries these kinds of people up the mountains.Okumaya devam et