180-image photo gallery of trekking the Mt. Everest / Gokyo Ri region
November 3 - 17, 2007
Pictures of trekking 14 days from Lukla to Namche Bazaar, Tengboche, Chhukhung & Gokyo Ri, by photographer Tom Dempsey / Photoseek.com
File number: 07NEP-3675
Chhukhung (or Chhukung, 15,520 feet / 4730 meters), is a small cluster of trekker teahouses near the headwaters of the Imja Khola river, in Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal. Chhukhung is a supply point for climbers of nearby Island Peak (Imja Tse), Lhotse Shar, and other impressive mountains of the Eastern Himalaya.