Everest Base Camp Trek Dispatch
October 17, 2012 – Recap from Khumjung to Pangboche: Part I
On October 15th we experienced one of the longest trekking days of this trip, from the lodge by Khumjung School to Ang Temba’s Lodge in Pangboche. By the end of the day we were at an elevation of only about 600 feet higher than where we had begun. But along the way we covered more than 9 miles of spectacular mountain trail, we descended, climbed back up thousands of feet when we went all the way down to the Imja Khola River, and then back up the long hill to Tengboche Monastery.
We awoke to a beautiful morning in Khumjung.
Left: Monument to Sir Edmund Hillary, Founder of the Khumjung School.
Right: Flat Stanley left home thinking that he was only going to London. Now he is on the trail to Everest and we think that we will have to make some more clothes for him.
The group at the Khumjung School Art Gallery
The Gallery is run to promote awareness of Khumjung School, encourage the children to be creative, and to raise fund for teaching aids and maintenance.
Even though the school is closed for holiday and it was early in the morning, the art teacher came to open the door and show us around.
Left: Yak art by a student named Sonam Wongdi Sherpa;
Right: The children at Khumjung School are taught English and they use English.
“I Want to Touch the Sky”, by Narmanda Magar, a 9th grader.
Some of the kids do paintings depicting Sherpa life in the same style that Ang Pasang and the Thangka painters do.
Intriguing painting telling the legend of how Yaks get their horns.