Just beyond the serenity of Tok Tok and the gateway to new discoveries of the gateway to the Sagarmatha National Park at Monjo is the base of the gruelling Namche hill. Of course a hike through the Khumbu region is made of countless steep rises and drops over rocky trails overlooking the wide river valleys and dwarfed by magnificent Himalayan peaks. The scrambling up and down over the mossy boulders and the rolling up and down to sides of the valley will only be a mild conditioning exercise leading up to the muscle searing climb from the river at the base of the hill to the village of Namche. This is not a remote and neglected trail, as it is perhaps one of the most heavily traveled trails in the region. Namche is the center of economic trading activity, where merchants and shoppers converge once a week for a bustling and overcrowded market on a terraced bazaar. Hardworking and entrepreneurial merchants from many miles and many days’ hiking around will converge and overcome the agony of the Namche Hill packing 50 to 70 kilos on their backs and strapped down upon panting pack animals to bring canned goods and fresh vegetables for the weekly trade. Namche is also the marshalling point for many treks and expeditions leading higher into the mountain terrain, and there any many gear shops and comfortable lodges to welcome them in to charge up for greater adventures.