We spent a few extra days in Goyko getting ready to climb over our next pass, Cho La. It was a great place to spend a few days with a beautiful lake framed by mountains and a huge glacier behind our lodge. Mark woke up early one morning to hike to the summit of Goyko Ri and had fantastic views of Everest and surrounding mountains! We spent a lot of time hanging out in the lodge which is interesting as groups all seem to come and stay for several days. There was even a group of mountaineer guides that had come down from Everest after the horrible avalanche that occurred a few weeks ago. They were carrying the google map camera with them to the top of Everest. Since Everest is now closed for the season, they were trekking down and mapping some other areas. When we left, they were behind us so we made sure to wave. Try googling "street view" of Goyko in Everest to see us on the trail???
We headed up Cho La pass early a few days later. We felt really strong and got to the top of the pass in just under 4 hours. Our second "high pass" completed and it was awesome! We had to cross a glacier on the way down and with the warm sun we had to be really careful not to step in too deep. It was a great day trekking and we made it down in a few hours and to our lodge by noon. It's amazing at the top of the passes and everyone is so surprised to see Zach and Alex make it up. Everyone asks..."and how old are your kids??". I had a better climb as well and found breathing a lot easier even though our altitude was as high as our first pass.
Now we are off next to Lobuche and to sleep at even higher altitude before Everest Base Camp.
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