737 Leg 7 Everest - Day 132

We're sleeping in the Rivendell Lodge in Debouche at 3800m. Today was a long 8hr day but at a leisurely pace and taking lots of breaks. We dropped down into the valley to cross the Imga Chola river and had a 500m climb in the afternoon. We're all acclimatising well and feeling good. We were surprised by another bakery and coffee shop en route at Tengboche next to the monastery at 3850m! Obviously we all stopped and had coffee and cake! Possibly one of the best cakes I've had! It's actually a good sign that we all have healthy appetites. I've embraced Dal Bhat- the Nepalese dish of rice, a soup type sauce made from lentils and Veg. Today was a double Dhal bat day for me! At our lodge we have uninterrupted views of Everest, Lhotse and Ama Dablam in all their glory. Sargamartha looks awesome! It really is a special place, the scale of everything is mind blowing. We've also made some friends on the path today with a group of Aussies and were lucky enough to meet and speak with Shailendra K, Upadhyaya. He's an 82 year young Nepalese man aiming to become the oldest man to summit Everest. Awesome! We're on a similar itinerary so I'm sure that we'll bump into him again.