http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Phortse-Tenga/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Nepal , Phortse Tenga en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:19:17 BST Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:19:17 BST After several weeks in the mountains it was time to come back down. It was a much easier walk on the way down than it was on the way up. That bastard of a climb to Namche wasnrsquot so bad on the way down though all those downhill switchbacks can be tough on your knees. When your lungs are accustomed to such thin air and you are at lower altitude with more oxygen you suddenly have this amazin http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Phortse-Tenga/blog-79909.html After recovering from the postEverest Marathon festivities we continued to the Gokyo lakes area. Originally we were going to cross the Cho La pass but the Cho La pass would have taken us to an even higher altitude than Gorak Shep which was not a good idea since I had problems with the altitude there. In addition other trekkers and Nepali guides reported that the weather conditions were not g http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Phortse-Tenga/blog-76244.html