An Expedition to Tibet's Sacred Peaks of Yading

[Tripatini]

For two years, I had heard whispers of a mountain sanctuary in eastern Tibet, around which circled a pilgrimage route unmatched for its beauty. So, in September 2013, I decided to take an expeditionary group on a journey of discovery. Apart from local pilgrims and yak herders, we had the entire route to ourselves. One saving grace may prove to be the expeditionary nature of the trek which makes it hard to organize without prior knowledge. All food and camping equipment has to be transported by mule, along with the group, over six high altitude passes, the highest of which is the wild Ji San at 4,700m... keep reading