Where to today: Lobuche (4,900m) --> Pangboche (3,900m)
Where are we sleeping: Pangboche (3,900m)
How do we get there: By foot
So today we began our first day of descent back to civilisation.
Matt and I were so happy to finally start heading down. Josh however felt 100% better and really felt he could have made it to Kala Pathar this morning. I don't doubt he could have.
Ben still did not feel 100% and struggled with the steep descent. He took small, slow steps and found it difficult to breathe. However he finally made it down a very steep and rocky stretch of a hillside and we all arrived at Thukla Tea House. Here I saw a light brown dog that looked sad and hungry. I gave him a portion of Matt's nut bar and he hungrily ate it. He then continued to sit at our feet staring at us with his large brown, sad and hungry eyes.
We then moved on and began to make our way to Periche (4,300m) for lunch. The light brown dog began to follow us. At first we thought it was pure coincidence that he had decided to get up and leave at the same time. However after 5, 10, 15 minutes of stalking us, it was evident that he had taken a liking to us (or our food) and was determined to follow us. I decided to give this poor hungry dog a name. Since the only member missing from our group was Bobby Yang, I decided to name him "BOBBY".
Bobby the Dog, Dorchi's new BFF
Bobby the Dog leading the way
Bobby the Dog continued to accompany us for 1.5 hours down to Periche. He had lifted everyone's spirits and we were thoroughly enjoying his company. We then stopped for lunch at a restaurant to re-energise. After going to the toilet and eating food, Ben felt and looked a lot better. As we ate our food, it started to snow outside. Bobby the Dog was also inside the restaurant (the restaurant owners did not care at all), lying at Dorchi's feet.
I ate spaghetti with tomato sauce, which was surprisingly quite nice. I then fed Bobby a portion of a chocolate space bar which again he hungrily ate.
We then headed outside to make our way to Pangboce, a 2-3 hours walk still. Bobby the Dog also followed us, despite the heavy snow outside. He was really the highlight of our day, especially for Matt and I who both love dogs. Bobby the Dog was constantly searching for food on the ground the whole journey. He then stopped and pounced on a 'delicious' piece of food which was actually POO! I gagged as I saw him eat the poo hungrily! Bobby the Dog wasn't so cute anymore... After feasting on his delicious snack, Bobby the Dog caught up to us and continued to tag along. Sadly though about 1 hour later, he disappeared behind a large boulder, perhaps to find shelter from the snow, or perhaps to eat more poo, and we did not see him again. Poor Bobby the Dog... I hope he survives.
We finally arrived at Pangboce and Ben was ecstatic. He made a face first snow angel on the ground. He was exhausted, but he had finally made it! Well done hubby.
Ben celebrating his arrival at Pangboche
Tomorrow we are heading down to Namche!
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