It’s always further than it looks. It’s always taller than it looks. And it’s always harder than it looks. – The 3 rules of mountaineering
View of Dingboche from the trail
Dingboche Valley
EBC trek的第二次高度適應日在Dingboche (4410M)，適應日不等同休息，而是要 “hike higher and sleep lower” ，所以今天會行上Nangkartshang Peak (5050M)，高度比之後去Loboche高少許。
The tea house we stayed
Another tea house nearby
Drying towels under the warm morning sun
Snowy peak behind the tea house
Our guide Joti just carried a water bottle for this hike
由tea house出發行不多久便開始上斜，Joti指著不遠處的一座山，說是我們要上到山頂，山路很陡峭，望見已有點嚇人。幸好行了一會便看到羣山美景，也是第一次這麼清楚看到Island Peak 和 Lhotse。我們休息了一會再往上走，便看到Ama Dablam，景色壯麗。
Our first stop. Looking down to Dingboche Valley
Another view of Dingboche Valley along the trail
Pheriche Valley with Tabuche and Cholatse peaks behind the clouds
Prayer flags and Dingboche Valley
Stacked stones along the trail
沿途也有很多人上山，大家都行得很慢，我們也不例外，想大步一點也很氣喘，Joti也叫我們行一陣就停下來休息，順便拍照。差不多到達山頂時開始大霧，山區的天氣就是這樣，變幻莫測。
不經不覺上到了5080M的山頂，”The 3 rules of mountaineering” 說得沒錯，似乎很遠、很高、很難，最終也上到了。山頂掛滿經幡，其實後面就是很筆直的懸崖，我們拍了幾張照片便下山。
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- Ama Dablam
Nangkartshang Peak with colorful prayer flags and a vertical ridge on the other side
Reached the summit 5081M
Distance: 6.91KM
Elevation gain: 707M
Elevation loss: 708M
Max elevation: 5,023M
Min elevation: 4,309M
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