Gokyo - Chola Pass - Everest Base Camp Trek 2025/2026

Alisa

Australia

14th Dec, 2025

We undertook the three passes trek as a group of friends. We have done many moderate to hard walks in Europe and Australia. However none of us have any experience at altitude/ The start of our trip was delayed by an unseasonable Monsoon outbreak and required significant re engineering to get us to Lukla then a brutal day travelling to Namchee Bazar. We loved the scenery and the walking and the people along the trail. We were able to bypass the first pass due to heavy snow. Others of our group completed it but found it to be very difficult. Unfortunately at Gorashep one of our party developed significant symptoms of altitude sickness compounded by a chest infection and we had to be evacuated.
The rest of our party continued and completed Chola pass and then returned via the Gykyo trail.
Overall the experience was fantastic.. Despite the travails of illness and weather the guides were magnificent and took great care of us. I think the measure of a guiding trekking company in this extreme environment is how they manage adversity. Raj and Shiva were fantastic at all times and could not have provided a better experience. We all would definitely go back if we could face another high level trek.