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Through the valley to Tesi Lapcha

Petr Liška
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Walk around Thame
Inserted: 09.02.2014
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If you set off early in the morning from Namche Bazar to Thame, you'll have plenty of time to undertake an afternoon trip around the neighborhood. The ideal seems to be the ascent to the local monastery and exploration of at least part of the Thame Khosi valley leading to the famous pass Tesi Lapcha connecting Khumbu with Rolwaling. If you would like to explore this valley more, you need at least the whole day. The crossing of the pass itself is a long multi-day trek.

Thame

Thame is a picturesque village with a very nice view of the mountain ridge, which exceeds it by almost three kilometers. In nice weather (not typical here), it is an ideal place for admiring directly from the lodge.

Thame
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Valley of Thame Khosi

During the walk through the valley of Thame Khosi you will be always attracted by the ice wall of mountains on its southern side.

Valley of Thame Khosi
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View of gompa in Thame

If you set out for a trip to the valley, do not get fooled by the trails leading along the river – they gradually disappear after a few hundred meters in the bush vegetation and the way then gets significantly slower or even impossible. The only right way is the one that leads up to the monastery and then away along the contour line below Sunder peak.

View of gompa in Thame
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Gompa in Thame

The monastery above Thame (3,970 m asl) is picturesquely situated in a rocky slope – almost as an eagle's nest. If you are planning climb to the Sunder peak – the ascent path starts right at the monastery.

 

Gompa in Thame
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View of Thame

From the path leading on into the depths of the valley is clearly visible that Thame and the surrounding fields are at the very end of the moraine. It is almost unbelievable that there was once a glacier.

View of Thame
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