Rest day in Namche Bazaar

A rest day in the mountains is a bit of a misnomer in that even though your not continuing to another camp, it is best practice to do hikes that take you higher so you can climb high and sleep low.

So that's exactly what we did today.  We went up about two hours and the equivalent of about 1500 feet of elevation.  Had some hydration and came right back down the way we came up. 

Had a slight brush with Himalayan climbing greatness also.  As we were going up, Russell Bryce was coming down.  He has lead expeditions of climbers up Everest and almost every others major peak in Nepal.  His company is named Himex. Pretty cool to see him live and in person.

It started to drizzle as we got back to our accommodations and really started to pour as the afternoon has progressed . Tomorrow's forecast isn't looking promising either so we'll keep our plan flexible and see what the day brings.

Nepal tip: yaks are not friendly.  One is warned early and often to always stay on the high side of the trail when you are passing them as they have been known
to use their horns to knock people off.

There are also two different types of yak, a long haired and shorter hair.  The long haired are used primarily for moving good from above 10,000 feet to 18 or 19,000 feet where they can withstand the colder temps much better.

Short hair yak with big horns

Long hair yak