Today we rest in Dingboche before we gain 2100 feet in altitude tomorrow. I started diamox this morning – Eric is still doing fine without it. Overnight was not as cold as I expected – thanks primarily to an amazing hot water bottle and hand warmers in my socks.

The town is filled with lots of trekkers lodges which seems to be the main industry.

The other industry is refining crude. The crude in this case is yak dung. They heat with it, cook with it, etc. (There is solar too).

And amazingly enough, there are several outstanding bakeries in town. Apple pie, Black Forest cake, donuts, cookies, etc., you name it. The bakery we have decided to hole up in even shows movies each afternoon. Yesterday it was “Everest”, today it’s “Sherpa.”