Day 7 - Gokyo Ri Peak

Adam headed out at 5 am to summit Gokyo Ri peak(5355m) this morning. Nelle stayed in bed resting, and went for a short hike later in the morning. It took about five hours to hike up and back from the village.
We have hired a chopper to go over Cho La Pass (which was supposed to be our next two days) as Nelle isn’t 100% with the flu and wouldn’t be able to make this section, which is pretty challenging(she has been a trooper, but it’s not worth risking her life). To compound this, we have been getting reports about the glacier we need to cross to get to the pass being unstable. Also, there have been some recent avalanches in the pass, so we bravely made the decision to hire a chopper.Read more