Chukkung Ri

Chukkung Ri was a side trip/acclimatization hike from the town of Chukkung (4730m) on the Everest Three Passes Trek. It is about 830m up to 5560m. This was one of the highlights of the trek. There is a bit of a scramble at the top which made the hike extra fun!

 On the way up. Cool cloud. (Photo: Lisa)

Summit cairns (Photo: Lisa)

Looking back the way we came from the summit (Photo: Lisa)

Huge, Huge Lhotse (8,516m) on the left. The summit is 3km above us. (Photo: Lisa)

(Photo: JJ)

Prakash with an unreal view (Photo: JJ)

Looking up the valley we have to go through tomorrow to cross Kongma La which can be seen in this photo as the pass to the farthest left (about 1/4 from the left edge of the photo) (Photo: Lisa)

Me and Jaimie coming off of the 2nd peak, lookin' like a fresh boyband (Photo: JJ)