To Everest Base Camp and Back
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Lhatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Lhatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, ChinaThis blog entry includes photos I took on the road to
Everest Base Camp from the Friendship Highway, backtracking from the peak on
that route, and then travel along the Friendship Highway to Shigatse . I want to
show the bleak desert landscape of the Tibetan side of the Himalayas as well as
some of the snow covered peaks in the distance. Notable among these is Cho Oyu
Peak, the 8,200 meter peak to Everest’s west.
This region west of Lhasa is historically known as Tsang,
one of the three historical regions of Tibet along with Kham in the east and
Amdo in the north. I continued to be impressed by the brightness and clarity of
the light and colors of the landscape as we drove northeastwards over several high
passes over 16,000 feet and through some farmed valleys. There were many places
where I thought, “This looks just like Wyoming!” something I found myself
saying often some years back when I traveled through Mongolia.
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