The crowds, commercialism and nightly competition for beds is driving many trekkers away from the more famous Everest Base Camp Trek into. the arms of the lovely Gokyo Lake. This two week spectacular climb almost as high as the Everest Base Camp and offers similarly jew-dropping Everest views. But the trails are less crowded the lodge qtieter and the villages along the trail have a Reason to exist over and above serving adhl bhat to legio of hungry trekkers.

The Trails follows the…