My option for a shower tonight involved paying to cross the street with the entire village watching to use the shower that sits by the side of the road,directly behind the toilet. The line you see going to the “shower” is a water hose. Yep! 

We met this beautiful child on the trail today. She was carrying 30 kilos or about 70 lbs of dead chickens from Namche. Makes my heart hurt.

We are heading above Namche and the clouds are literally  surrounding us and the views of the mountains and snow capped peaks are absolutely stunning. Rhododendron trees grow wild everywhere at this altitude. 

Each week traders set up on the sides of the trail to sell and trade wares. Namche was once the primary trading route for those between Everest and Tibet. It is the last larger village before Everest. 

I’m not gonna lie, the climb to Namche kicked my butt. The air is clear and super thin and we did approximately 5 miles of straight up “shortcuts” from Namche. I am so thankful for every sqat, run, butler, etc. with Camp gladiator because my knees held up really well, I held my own! I’m still crawling into Namche though and we don’t stop here today, headed for Sanasha before stopping tonight. 

Our first sighting of Everest on the way to Namche… so majestic

Meeting with our older girls in Monju to provide uniforms and supplies. Watching them turn into educated young women is one of the great joys of my life. Thank you so much to each and every person that donates to ENG scholarships to make this possible. Some of their life stories are so hard but they are resilient, strong, and determined. Many live away from their families in order to attend school past 7th grade, they travel alone through the MOUNTAINS for hours to get to school, and many have many work chores for those they live with before and after school. These girls are my heroes!

Safe Learning space that ENG provided in Monju. Amazing to see these little ones in such a nice environment!