To Climb Gokyo Ri or Not To Climb ? Decisions in The Khumbu Nepal
You can plan and prepare for a trek, but you can’t control fate. I had caught a cold just before leaving Melbourne for Nepal and for eight days I had coughed my way through the Khumbu. Now more than three quarters of the way up to Gokyo Ri I was exhausted.
I made the choice because I could. I would wait for him and we would walk back down the slippery tracks together.
I was content because I had climbed high enough to still have a spectacular view. I sat looking out across the huge Ngozumpa Glacier that we would cross tomorrow. Tomorrow I would have no choice but to go on.
For the EBC Trekking Cognoscenti it wasn’t the Khumbu Cough.
The Year I Touched My Toes 
That is a spectacular view, Louise! I am totally jealous (of the view, not the cough)! 🙂
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Thanks Donna. Yes the cough was tricky.
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The views must be amazing. Despite the cold it must have been a great climb.
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Yes they are it was more windy when we were there. Mind you I had about four layers on.
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I could imagine. It probably is quite cold up there – especially when the wind is cold.
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Always love your photos from this marvelous region, Louise! Happy Sunday! Marcus
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Thanks Marcus – it is such a beautiful part of the world. Happy Sunday to you too. Louise
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Beautiful photos Louise!
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Thank you Nilla – the trainer usually takes the majority of the photos otherwise I would still be walking…..
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Ha, ha, I stop along the way everywhere to take photos, so I’m not so popular on treks/walks. 😉
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well I am glad because we get to see your wonderful photos.
It is good he takes them but he annoys me when he is telling me to smile and all I want to do is keel over with exhaustion sometimes.
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Aww…thank you and very kind of you to say. 🙂
Yeah, know what you mean…how can you smile when you’re exhausted!
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You absolutely inspire me with your trekking Louise. Such beautiful scenery and photos, shame about the cough. xx
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Thanks Miriam – yes the cough put a completely different spin on things! xx
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Such stunning views! And how inspiring that you got through it, despite the exhaustion.
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Hello Dee, Yes the views are spectacular especially above the tree line. Yes I didn’t sign up for cold and had I been told before hand that it was going to happen I would have been very anxious. It could have been worse, like if my nose had been running. Fortunately it was just a cough and I managed. Louise
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This photo is amazing. The entire trek is amazing. The cough makes you even more amazing!
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HAha. Well written, Need I say. Thanks
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