No one above Lukla has seen wheels except those of the small planes delivering trekkers and climbers or the helicopters rescuing trekkers and climbers. The solokhumbu infrastructure is all about bridges which cut hours off of time spent going up one mountain side and down another. This first bridge just opened this year and cuts an hour off of Namche Hill for climbers and fast trekkers, and two hours off the hill for people like me. It crosses the Dhud Khosi and the Bhode Khosi in an experience like no other. Sharing the bridges with the Yak trains pushes the "faint of heart." Nonetheless, the bridges energize my spirit and make my day.
Here Tina and I cross one of three bridges for the day.
Clothed in prayer flags these spans seem almost safe.
This bridge fell victim to the monsoon and added time
to our day.
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