We are up early the next morning. We have a quick breakfast, pack, and pay off the lodge, and by 8:15, we are on our way to Gokyo. Lakpa sets a brisk pace up the ridge, and soon we are at the chorten on top. From this vantage point the view down the valley towards Gokyo is terrific. Mt. Cho Oyu, the world's 6th highest peak, stands like a wall over the trail.