Everest Base Camp Trek: Grom & Team Reach Namche Bazaar
Namaste everyone.
This morning we left our tea house in Phakding and headed up the valley toward Namche Bazaar, which is the central village in this famous valley. We hit the trail just before 8 am along with a few other trekkers. Everyone did really well on the hike, and no one seemed to mind pausing often for the endless mules and Zopkyo’s (cross between a Yak and a cow) carrying loads headed up valley and basecamp as we made our way up the trail. It was moderately busy on the route with trekkers and porters alike, but thankfully the traffic seemed to flow pretty smoothly.
The team crossed a number of high suspension bridges without a problem, and thankfully it was a little breezy which made our hike up the Namche hill pleasant. Overall it was a really enjoyable day as we climbed up to just over 11,300' where Namche sits.
We also were fortunate enough to glimpse Mount Everest far off in the distance on our hike today!!!
RMI Guide Casey Grom and the Base Camp crew
