Gokyo 4750 m - Gyazumpa Tsho 5170 m - Gokyo 4750 m
day 32 : 18 november 2003
  
  to the upper lakes  
  following the lateral moraine of the Ngozumpa Glacier up valley to the famed upper lakes of the Gokyo Valley  
  
  
   
  g4 lake  
  Thonak Tsho (4780 m) is the fourth lake of Gokyo  
  
  
   
  tea break  
  Josefa taking a break of hot tea, with a great view of the Ngozumpa Glacier and Cho Oyu  
  
  
   
  g5 lake  
  Ngozumpa Tsho (4990 m)... the fifth lake of Gokyo; most trekkers end their exploration of the valley at this lake  
  
  
   
  pointed peaks  
  the top of the lateral moraine ridge at the fifth lake offers an excellent view of the Gaunar Valley, with views towards the two pointed peaks of Cholo (6089 m) and Kangchung Peak (6063 m), and to the Everest and Nuptse massives in the distance  
  
  
   
  snow cover  
  as we got nearer to the sixth lake, the landscape started changing to one of snow and ice  
  
  
   
  the sixth lake  
  Gyazumpa Tsho (5170 m) is the rarely visited 6th lake of Gokyo, and just beyond it is the base camp of Cho Oyu  
  
  
   
  cho oyu  
  the beauty of the Cho Oyu massive could be best appreciated here  
  
  
   
  that's everest  
  Kapure pointing the view towards Everest  
  
  
   
  heading back  
  it was a long 10 km walk back to Gokyo... but the beauty here makes all the effort worth the while  
  
  
 

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