DAY 8 Gokyo (4750m) to Gokyo Ri (5357m) and back to Dole (4090m) Our alarm starts beeping at 3:45am and we wear every stitch of clothing we can find. Outside we get disorientated in the pitch black night. The snow crunches underfoot and the air is a thick mist. We stumble down to the lake side and follow the edge of the lake to the path up the ridge. It's a vertical 600m ascent bu the path is only around 2km. At the top we hope to get rewarded with one o...

DAY 5 Phortse Tenga (3680m) to Dole (4090m) We walked out of jail and went onwards and up, passing more yellow rhododendron forests and some mini waterfalls. Some of the path had been blasted out of the cliff face where it was to steep and steps had been made from large rocks, the steps were always uneven and different sizes. You could get your whole foot on some while just your toes of others. Today was a short day, we only walked for around three h...