EBC Trek | Day-5&6 | Tengboche to Dingboche | EP-06

Everest Base Camp Day 5: Tengboche to Dingboche
Starting elevation: 12,697 ft / 3,870 m
Ending elevation: 14,469 ft / 4,410 m
Elevation change: +1,772 ft / +540 m
Starting oxygen: 64% of sea level
Ending oxygen: 59% of sea level
Distance covered: 6.71 mi / 10.8 km
Time hiked: 5h 30m


Day 6: Nangkartshang Peak Acclimatization – Everest Base Camp
Acclimatization day, up all the way to Nangkartshang peak (5,083m), which took me around 3 hours to summit. My trekking mates were much faster, only to be slowed down by my slower-than-tortoise pace, as the altitude started to take effect. Moving slowly, it was a full stop for me for every 10 steps I took. Regardless, the push was totally worth it, as the extreme and unreal view at the top was time-stoppingly beautiful.
Nangkartshang peak was our second acclimatization exercise. The third and final would be Kala Patthar (5,545m), located at Gorak Shep (5,164m).

We were initially scheduled to trek all the way to Chhukung Village (4,730m) and all the way up to Chukkung Ri (5,559m) for our acclimatization exercise but was changed at the last minute due to unknown reasons. I guess it was a blessing in disguise. Not sure how I’d turned out if we were headed for this path.