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Adventure Coaching Blog
The Journey to Shigatse
I have just got off the bus after an 8 hour journey! Phew. It was a fantastic trip though.
So, I am doing well - we got up to 4800 metres today as we crossed a high pass in the minibus. And I seem to feel fine - a bit of a sore throat but really no big deal. IT is exciting to be getting closer to the mountain.
So here we are in the VERY remote city of Shigatse - it seem so far from anywhere! We drove through mountains and incredible plains where they were harvesting wheat or barley - not sure which. All the time on the onboard video there were violent chinese videos playing!! Quite hard to follow the plot!
Anyway, I will make this short as I am about to go up to the very impressive local monastary for a look. It has roof tops covered in gold and seems very well cared for.
We stopped at a small village along the way for pancakes and you can see the wall beside me is made of dung paddies which they use as fuel. These are resourceful folks.
It is really interesting having such a long lead-up to getting in to the climb. Most people are chilled and enjoying the journey. But all of us are very conscious of the climb coming and it seems to simmer away in the background. We are very attentive to any health issues and the slightest headache, throat issue or rapid trip to the toilet are watched very closely. Each one of us is doing everything we can to stay well. Of course there are very different theories about the best way to do this - in particular the guys from England are drinking as much beer as possible to ward off the lurgies... and actually it seems to be quite successful so far.
OK - I think I had best stop now and head to bed as I have another long day of travel tomorrow. It looks like communications in the next place - Tingri - are really basic so you won't get an update possibly other than the SPOT location messages for a few days. On Saturday we should head into Chinese Base Camp where we will meet up with the jeeps that have gone overland from Nepal with our gear. Depending on how people are feeling we will head up to Advance Base Camp on either Sunday or Monday. I think they may set up the Sat phone at Advanced Base Camp. So apart from the SPOT it is unlikely you will hear from me until around Monday.
So in the mean time, wishing you all safe adventures.
Sarah Wilson
Adventure Coach at adventure location Shigatse, Tibet
Posted by Sarah Wilson on 2nd September, 2010 | Comments
Tags: Adventure, Travel, Tibet
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