Nepal: Gokyo-Re: Series- 2 14th april to 28th april 2012

Lukla to Lukla: 14th april and 28th April 2012

Series – 2: Lukla to Gokyo-re

Route: 

Lukla - North east of Nepal-Situated at 2,860 metres (9,383 ft)

Phakding - on the bank of Dudh kosi(river like white milk) river valley - 2800 metres 9186 ft

Namche Bazar - 3450 metres, 11318 ft

Khumjung - 3790m, 12434 ft

Dole - 4040m, 13254 ft

Machermo - 4410m, 14468 ft

Gokyo - 4750m, 15583 ft

Gokyo Ri 5357m, 17575 ft

Namche Bazar 

 

Prayer Stones

 

Map of Khumjung and Khunde village. 

this village has one school and one hospital  

3790m, 12434 ft

 

First glimpse of the Everest peak - the center left side it looks like the mountain is a chimney with smoke. 

on my way the mountains which i came across are:and what i remember are:
Thamserku, Kusumkang, Kongde Ri, Ama Dablam, Cho Oyu, Lhotse, Nupste and Makalu

River we meet on our way in many places are:  

Kyashar Khola and Dudh Kosi.

 

In this huge valley with so much of land all around still humans have to demarcate their areas by stones

 

Gokyo 3rd lake 

 

Glaciers which we dint walk  on

 

 

Walking towards fifth lake of Gokyo and the Cho Oyu Base Camp beyond

towards Tibet.

 

Cho Oyu

 

 

Photo and info credit of this above image: Sujoy Das

Gokyo 5th lake

 

Just the height makes the Everest most important mountain but i think other mountains around are extraordinary and this is actually the least attractive one.

it has many names

In Nepali: Sagarmāthā

In Tibetan: ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ -Jo mo glang ma; Chomolungma or Qomolangma i am not sure if all means "Holy Mother" but i think one of it means.

  In Chinese: Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng; Shengmu Feng

what i like about these names are- the Asians always Refer to it as Female and the Europeans or the west refers to it has male. anything to do with nature Asians look at it as mother earth or one form of energy which translates to female. But in the west they always name it after a person who is in a higher authority and they where all male.