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A Rock and The Pass
The first night of sleep is under an enormous rock which overhangs our informal outdoor space. A huge sacred rock covered in money, inscriptions, prayer flags and offerings. Pilgrims study it and raise up their eyes to it in wonder. … Continue reading
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Tagged animism, buddhism, china trekking, circumambulation, Dro Ge La, Dro Ge Pass, Jeff Fuchs, kawa karpo kora, kawa karpo trek, kora, Meili Snow Mountain, Michael Kleinwort, mountain trekking, northwestern yunnan, pilgrimage, pilgrims, sacred mountains, sacred mountains of Tibet, sacred snow mountain, snow mountain, Snow passes, Southwest China, Tibet, Tibetan nomads, trekking, yunnan, Yunnan trekking
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First Steps and a Phalanx of Bodies
In their wonderfully tangible way mountains introduce, stymie and beckon. Heading northwest from Gyalthang (Zhongdian) through rows of brown folds Michael and I drop in altitude into the ‘rongba’ (valley towns) of hot valley floors only to ascend again into … Continue reading
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Tagged bon religion, butter tea, chamdo, circumambulation, Expedition, exploration, Himalayas, Jeff Fuchs, kawa gebo, Kawa Karpo, kora, Meili Snow Mountain, Michael Kleinwort, Nomads, northwestern yunnan, pilgrims, sacred mountains of Tibet, sacred snow mountain, Trekking in the Himalayas
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