To 11,306ft/3446m - 8 hrs hiking
It continues to rain, but we enjoyed a wonderful pre-birthday celebration for Rubin in Phakding the night before. However, we were unable to locate a birthday cake from the local bakery, so we look forward to a 2nd celebration with birthday cake in Namche! The trail went through beautiful forests with moss hanging from the trees similiar to the spanish moss on the cyress trees along the Pamlico River in NC. We stopped in Jorsale for lunch and sat in the short bit of sunshine we had for the day overlooking the Dudhu Kosi.This day we enter the Sagarmatha National Park.
With all of the rain during the monsoon, a rockslide took out one of the bridges and we had to make a sketchy and slippery detour along a makeshift trail etched along the hillside.
Entering the Sagarmatha National Park:
Safer and sturdier new metal bridges have replaced the older wooden plank bridges:
Our arrival to Namche Bazaar after a steady climb for the last hour:
