Nepal’s Three Passes Trek: Cho La
Reading Time: 7 minutes Cho La is the second pass of Nepal’s Three Passes Trek (regardless of which direction you are heading) and is probably the most frequently crossed…
Reading Time: 7 minutes Three Passes Trip Report
Reading Time: 7 minutes 
Nepal’s Three Passes Trek: Kongma La
Reading Time: 7 minutes Kongma La is the easternmost pass of Nepal’s Three Passes Trek and is generally considered to be the most difficult of the three (but don’t…
Three Passes Trek Day 13: Thame to Lukla
Reading Time: 7 minutes Today may very well be the final day of my Three Passes Trek. Before setting out on this adventure, the sometimes not-so-trusty internet indicated that…
Three Passes Trek Day 12: Renjo La (Gokyo to Thame)
Reading Time: 9 minutes This morning I am happy to find that the clouds responsible for last night’s snow have vacated the area and left blue skies in their…
Three Passes Trek Day 11: Dragnag to Gokyo
Reading Time: 7 minutes I wake up and head to the common area for breakfast where I find the lodge-keep asleep behind the bar. It’s already eight o’clock, late…
Three Passes Trek Day 10: Cho La (Dzongla to Dragnag)
Reading Time: 9 minutes Cho La Pass, today’s objective, has been built up in my mind as a dangerous and monstrous obstacle – one that should only be attempted…
Three Passes Trek Day 9: Lobuche to Dzongla
Reading Time: 6 minutes Last night I ordered the vegetable chow mein for breakfast and the chef didn’t approve (apparently it’s not breakfasty enough a dish to warrant early-morning…
Three Passes Trek Day 8: Kongma La (Chukhung to Lobuche)
Reading Time: 8 minutes Today’s the day; I’m setting out to conquer the 18,159 ft / 5,535 m Kongma La. This will be the first of what will (hopefully)…
Three Passes Trek Day 7: Dingboche to Chukhung
Reading Time: 6 minutes Today’s hike won’t be too intense since yesterday I was convinced that should attempt Kongma La (the first of the three passes) from Chukhung (the…
Three Passes Trek Day 6: Dingboche Acclimatization
Reading Time: 6 minutes After what may have been my best sleep of the trip thus far, I spring out of bed to meet Pavel in the common area…
Three Passes Trek Day 5: Pangboche to Dingboche
Reading Time: 5 minutes I’m blaming the altitude, but the dutch oven that is my sleeping bag this morning is out of control (there’s probably some pills I could…
Three Passes Trek Day 4: Namche Bazaar to Pangboche
Reading Time: 7 minutes Today, I broke one of the rules I prescribed for Himalayan hiking: I didn’t check the toilet basin for (liquid) water before passing solid waste…