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After a surprisingly nice breakfast (best butter on toast ever!), we were on our way back to Pangboche.
The path in the beginning (for about 30 mins) was wide and flat so was very easy to trek. It also provided a very good view of Ama Dablam and mountains nearby. Looking back to the direction of Mt. Everest, there were still tons of clouds so we were kind of pleased that we didn't miss much by leaving Gorek Shep earlier than planned. Lakpa put it the best: "Everest is still sleeping and doesn't want to wake up!"
We met three Canadians that we saw in an internet cafe a few days back in Dingboche. Two of them were clearly pensioners who also had been to the Base Camp (they told me that Victoria was a bettet city than Vancouver in Canada, which inevitably led to protest from Mike lol). At times, the trek was pretty hard for young guys like me an Mike so it must have been even harder for people of their age. To our surprise, we have seen lots of people much older than us trekking. Although most of them trekked more slowly (and that we had seen a couple of them felt so sick that they had to stop ascending), we must take our hats off for their courage and sense of adventure. Most people reaching their age would probably prefer to stay at home or an easy holiday but the ones that we came across in this trek showed a lot of youth in their heart, if not their body, and their spirit lightened us up.
As I mentioned in my previous blog, we bumped into the 82-yr old former foreign minister of Nepal who is attempting to summit Everest (current record holder was 70 when he summitted). At the time of this blog, he was still waiting for the weather to clear before he could make his way up. I really hope he can make it and break a new world record.
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