Trek to EBC Day 2&3 - Phakding to Namche Bazaar

EBC Trek Day 2 - April 10, 2017

We survived day 2 of our trek from Phakding to Namche Bazar. We trekked for 10 hours including breaks. This day, we passed several hanging bridges connecting several mountains. The last one before the ascent to Namche Bazaar is the Hilary bridge - the highest bridge in the Khumbu Region in the Himalayas. From here, we had about 3.5 hours of a grueling climb to Namche Bazaar at 3,450 meters asl.

I was totally spent when we reached Namche Checkpoint and my legs were very weak as we tackled the final steps of the stair leading to our lodge. Namche is situated on a hill and is the main trading center and hub for the Khumbu region. It is also the last place to pick up any missing necessities and or change the currency at a bank.

We stayed in Namche for two nights for altitude acclimatization. They call it a rest day but actually we didn't rest. We had to hike to the highest point of Namche on our second day and back to condition our body for the next day trek to Tengboche - the largest gompa in the Khumbu region of Nepal, situated at 3,867 meters.