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Everest Base Camp Trek Dispatch
May 27, 2018 – One of the Highlights of Our Trip - Be Blessed by the Pangboche Lama
![We started our day with a hike to upper Pangboche and a visit to the Pangboche Monastery. Pangboche is home to a 600-year-old monastery (the first in the Khumbu Valley). Built around a rock where a famous lama once meditated, the dim interior is filled with old statues, crumbling relics, wrathful deities behind locked doors, and the exaggerated faces of carved masks used in ritual summer dances.](assets/04-1-pangboche-monastery.jpg)
We started our day with a hike to upper Pangboche and a visit to the Pangboche Monastery. Pangboche is home to a 600-year-old monastery (the first in the Khumbu Valley). Built around a rock where a famous lama once meditated, the dim interior is filled with old statues, crumbling relics, wrathful deities behind locked doors, and the exaggerated faces of carved masks used in ritual summer dances.
![The Pangboche Lama blessed all our team members](assets/04-2-pangboche-lama-blessed-our-team.jpg)
The Pangboche Lama blessed all our team members
![Frank Giustra being blessed by Pangboche Lama](assets/04-3-frank-giustra-being-blessed-by-the-lama.jpg)
Frank Giustra being blessed by Pangboche Lama
![Tim Young being blessed](assets/04-4-5-tim-young-with-the-pangboche-lama.jpg)
Tim Young being blessed
![Anthony Findlay receiving his blessing](assets/04-6-anthony-findlay-being-blessed-lama-pangboche.jpg)
Anthony Findlay receiving his blessing
![Scott Walker being blessed](assets/04-7-scott-walker-being-blessed-pangboche.jpg)
Scott Walker being blessed
![Ang Temba at Pangboche Monastery](assets/04-8-ang-temba-at-the-pangboche-monastery.jpg)
Ang Temba at Pangboche Monastery
![Frank Giustra at Pangboche Monastery](assets/04-9-frank-giustra-pangboche-monastery.jpg)
Frank Giustra at Pangboche Monastery
![The team with the Lama after we were blessed at the Pangboche Monastery](assets/04-10-team-at-pangboche-monastery-after-being-blessed.jpg)
The team with the Lama after we were blessed at the Pangboche Monastery
![After the Monastery visit we went back to Ang Temba’s lodge where Yangzing cooks magic in her kitchen](assets/04-11-12-yangzing-in-her-kitchen-pangboche.jpg)
After the Monastery visit we went back to Ang Temba’s lodge where Yangzing cooks magic in her kitchen
![Time to say goodbye to Yangzing. She blessed our team with a Khata scarf. Khata is a Tibetan custom to offer a khata or greeting scarf to friends, relatives or guests as welcome and wish of happiness.](assets/04-13-team-was-blessed-with-khata.jpg)
Time to say goodbye to Yangzing. She blessed our team with a Khata scarf. Khata is a Tibetan custom to offer a khata or greeting scarf to friends, relatives or guests as welcome and wish of happiness.
![Scott Walker admiring oxygen bottle from an Everest Expedition 1953](assets/04-14-scott-walker-admiring-an-oxigen-bottle-from-1953.jpg)
Scott Walker admiring oxygen bottle from an Everest Expedition 1953
![On the trail to Pheriche](assets/04-15-on-the-trail-to-pheriche.jpg)
On the trail to Pheriche
![Frank Giustra looking strong and well acclimatized on the trail to Pheriche](assets/04-16-frank-giustra-on-the-trail-to-pheriche.jpg)
Frank Giustra looking strong and well acclimatized on the trail to Pheriche
![We saw porters carrying huge loads down from Everest Base Camp](assets/04-17-porters-carrying-heavy-loads-from-everest-base-camp.jpg)
We saw porters carrying huge loads down from Everest Base Camp
![There were also yaks moving down the trail from Everest base camp](assets/04-18-yaks-coming-down-from-everest-base-camp.jpg)
There were also yaks moving down the trail from Everest base camp
![The trail between Pangboche and Pheriche is spectacular](assets/04-19-trail-between-pangboche-pheriche.jpg)
The trail between Pangboche and Pheriche is spectacular
![We saw a rock painting of Guru Rinpoche on the trail to Pheriche](assets/04-21-rock-painting-of-guru-rinpoche-trail-to-pheriche.jpg)
We saw a rock painting of Guru Rinpoche on the trail to Pheriche
![Crossing the bridge below Pheriche](assets/04-22-crossing-the-bridge-below-pheriche.jpg)
Crossing the bridge below Pheriche