Everest marathon 21st November

Bed tea at 5.45 and then breakfast to be on the road to Gokyo by 7am.  The route took us up the Dhud Khosi river along the lateral moraine until we had a stiff climb into the Gokyo valley and it's famous lakes.  We went   past three beautiful lakes which had ducks on with spectacular views all around.  I got to Gokyo (4730m)  in 1.45 hours with Menai coming in 30 minutes later. We had a coffee Gokyo before setting off for the 5370m Gokyo Ri.  This was a tough climb at altitude that took me 1 hour 15 to get to the top with Menai 30 minutes later. The views were spectacular being able to see Choy Oyu, Everest, Nuptse and Makalu all over 8000m.  we spent quite a bit of time on the top eating our packed lunch and taking pictures. It was quite a long slog back down to the village but we were rewarded by some coffee and chocolate. After about 30 minutes rest we set off back to Machermo getting back for 4pm. We had a strange meal of pasta, rice and potato cake for supper and then quite early bed. We both slept really well.