Trekking Tibet: A Traveler's Guide, 3rd Edition* Thoroughly revised and updated new edition * Features one of the most detailed histories of Tibetan culture and geography available for travelers * Includes a new trekking route over a glaciated 19,300-foot pass used by H einrich H arrer, author of Seven Years in Tibet In the new edition of this indispensible trekking guide to Tibet, travelers will learn the necessities of pre-trip planning and how to seek out the most rewarding treks in a region of the world few get to visit. New features of the 3rd edition include: > Expanded section on East Tibet > New five-day trek in the popular Lhasa region of the pilgrimage circuit of Lhamo Latsho > New trek route over a pass used by G eorge Mallory in 1921 on his first reconnaissance of Everest > New two-day trek in the Shishapangma region > Four new treks in the Mount Kailash region |
Contents
Foreword | 10 |
AbouT Trekking | 16 |
PreParInG For Your trek | 25 |
StaYInG HealtHY | 36 |
travelInG In tIbet | 45 |
uSInG tHe trek deSCrIPtIonS | 56 |
tHe lHaSa reGIon | 67 |
tHe SHIGatSe reGIon | 157 |
tHe kHawa karPo reGIon | 259 |
tHe MInYak GanGkar reGIon | 273 |
tHe deGe reGIon | 287 |
tHe labranG and rebkonG reGIon | 314 |
bIkInG In tIbet | 326 |
The CounTry And iTS PeoPle | 332 |
Appendix A Trekking and Mountaineering Agencies | 368 |
Tibetan for Trekkers | 375 |
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30 minutes Amdo base camp bridge Buddhist cairn campsites cave Central Tibet chanting hall Chinese chörten Chu Valley circuit climb creek crossing Dalai Lama Darchen day hike Dege descends Dingri Drigung drokpa Dza Rongphu Dzong Dzongsar east Eastern Tibet Everest farther follows forest Ganden Gelukpa glacial glacier gompa guesthouses Guru Rimpoche Gyama herder hermitage hills junction Kargyüpa Khabab Kham Khawa Karpo km marker kora la-dze Labrang lake Latsho lhakhang Lhasa Manasarovar marker missing Milarepa miles monastery monks moraine Mount Everest Mount Kailash mountain Nepal northwest Nyingmapa pass peak Phuk pilgrimage pilgrims prayer flags reach Rebkong region residence ridge crest ridge side river road rock rocky Rongme route Samye sect shang Shigatse Shishapangma Simikot southeast stream summit Tashi temple Tibet Tibetan Buddhism Tibetan Plateau town trek trekking tributary Tsangpo Tsethang Tsho Tsurphu turnoff valley floor village walk wall Yangpachen