Everest base camp Vishnu with Tham Serku peak behind Wow, this one has quite an appetite! Walking up the big hill to Tyengboche Monastery. Side of beef, anyone??? Another view of Tyengboche Monastery and Khumbi La peak One of the mischievous kids of Pangboche Pangboche innkeepers Cool re-purposed siding in Pangboche Jerry with Ama Dablam , meaning "Mother's Necklace" . . . it's only 22,493 ft, but is as difficult to climb as it appears Playing marbles with rocks??? Sibling ride Vishnu & Jerry trying to look tall The village of Dingboche A beast of a yak in Dingboche Big walls! Tea break above Pheriche at the best tea shop one could ever hope for The world's tallest toilet is only five miles from the world's tallest peak! A lodge worker in Lobuche Gorak Shep, the last village before Everest Base Camp . . . no permanent inabitants live here; innkeepers are here only during the trekking seasons Shiva checking out a rooftop in Gorak Shep . . . this is normal for rocks to be piled on rooftops to keep them from blowing away The white pyramid of Pumori with Kala Pataar overlook at the top of the brown hill in foreground Everest in black from Kala Pattar Climbing up to the Kala Pattar viewpoint (18,200 ft), with Pumori looming high above Jerry near Everest Base Camp, with the Khumbu Ice Fall tumbling down behind Everest Base Camp