To Camp 2
Another perfect weather day here at ABC. Most likely we will move up to Camp 1 today and spend Monday getting ready for the move to Camp 2 and resting a little. Will we take all our mountaineering hardware and…
Mountains
First Night at Camp 1
Just returned from Camp 1 where the team spent the night. We had to carry all our cold weather down and all our sleeping equipment, the total weight was probably around 12kgs or 26lbs, up to Camp 1. Let’s just…
Rest Days at Advanced Base Camp
We spent the last 2 days just relaxing in ABC. Rest days are like weekends for us. We do not have to do anything. Tomorrow we move up to Camp 1 and spend the night, so we are all getting…
Carry to Camp 1
A very big day yesterday. We carried from Advance Base Camp at 5,650mts (18,500ft) to Camp 1 which is at 6,320mts (or 20,00ft). This took us 6 hours up and 3 hours down. We were all pretty tired at the…
Greetings from Beijing.
I arrived safe and well and with my bags in Beijing and made it to my hotel without problems. We had a group meeting at 6pm, so met the others in my group. Seems like a good crowd. We have…
Travel updates in our travelblog
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Stephen just called me! From the Mountain! On a satellite phone!
It was sooooo good to hear his voice!!!! And perfect timing, since I’m leaving on my trip tomorrow early morning! He said he is feeling good and strong and so is the team (apart from some headaches, but hopefully after…
2 more sleeps…
On August 25th I dropped Stephen off at the airport and he started his current adventure. As you can learn from his posts and the cybercasts, all is going well and according to plan. In 2 days time it’s my…
To Tingri
Ok, one more internet session before we make the 10 hours trip in the bus to the town of Tingri. And we move away from the relative luxury we have been enjoying. Our cultural liason officer claims that there are…
To Shigatse
In the morning we visited the monastery of Gyantse. I have now seen more Buddhas than I ever imagined possible. After the tour the troup made the short trip to Shigatse and guess what, we visited the local Zhashenlunbu Temple. Well that is…
Travel to Gyantse
Spent 9 hours on the bus travelling east away from Lhasa towards the mountains and the bustling town of Gyantse. Very beautiful scenery during the drive to get here. We also did several hours on back country roads, barely 4wd…
Last Night in Lhasa
Had to do one more blog entry before leaving Lhasa. Tonight we had the traditional Tibetan dinner complete with local singing and dancing. Followed by several drinks in the “Travellers Bar”. Our little group joined up with the Norwegian all-woman…
Lhasa – day 2
Spent the morning visiting the Drepung Monastery about 10kms from Lhasa. Very interesting as the monks were in session and doing a huge amount of praying. In the afternoon half the team (including me) headed up the local hill. Just to stretch…
Debating Monks
Spent the afternoon visiting another monastry. The most exciting part was watching the young monks battle it out with the older monks in the open debating. Very animated indeed.
Potala Palace
Just spent the morning visiting the Potala Palace. Basically the Palace was built in the 7th Century and extended in the 17th Century by the 5th Dalai Lama. The place is huge with rooms upon rooms of Buddha’s and other…