Wanderlust On Foot

Our group had split up after EBC. I bid farewell to some of them who went back to Kathmandu while 3 others joined me on the hike back to Lobuche. They waited there to fly a Heli to Gokyo where I would eventually join them after my hike across Cho La pass. I continued the hike to Dzongla and rested there to prep for my big hike the next day. My trusty guide Tika and our porter Dhankainji came along as my companions for the next 3 days until Gokyo.

The attached bathroom I had at Dzongla seemed like a big upgrade compared to the poor facilities we had at Gorakshep, even though the absence of running water and no-flush toilet situation was similar here.  

When I left Lobuche, clouds began gathering, making visibility hard. It was brutally cold and soon started snowing. So I knew my friends would have to wait at Lobuche for another night to take the heli the next day once the weather cleared. In the meantime, I continued the hike in the snow. By the time I reached Dzongla, the clouds had gotten denser and the snow was getting heavier. It ended up snowing the whole night and we had about 2 feet of snow the next morning. It was going to be a fun hike doing the Cho La pass.

With the onset of poor weather in Lobuche, my only focus was getting straight to Dzongla as fast as I could. l grabbed my phone and waist pouch, packed it into my backpack and kept going. Half-way through the hike I realized I forgot to record the track and my phone was stuck inside my pack. I was in no state to take the rain covers off and dig it out of my bag. So I have no photos from this part of the trail nor a tracked route. I found another blog post that I’ve referenced below, covering this journey. Now, imagine the pictures here with heavy snow and wind coming down hard on you, no clear skies, just a thick brutally cold fog surrounding you. That was my experience on this day.

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