Azerbaijani Mountaineers to Conquer Shishapangma Peak of Himalayas

by ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅ Featured

Azerbaijani Mountaineers to Conquer Shishapangma Peak of Himalayas

 

Azerbaijani climbers Israfil Ashurlu and Firuz Dadashov will leave for Tibet Autonomous Region of China to scale 8,027-meter high Shishapangma peak of Himalayas, the Azerbaijan Mountaineering Federation said on Thursday.

The expedition will run more than a month.

Shishapangma is the fourteenth-highest mountain in the world and, at 8,013 m, the lowest of the eight thousands meters.

Shishapangma is located in south-central Tibet of China, five kilometers from the Chinese border with Nepal. It is the highest peak in the Jugal Himal which is contiguous with and often considered part of Langtang Himal.

Ashurlu is the first representative of Azerbaijan who has conquered the most northern mountain over 7,000 meters high. He is the first among Azerbaijani sportsmen who has a title ‘Snow Leopard.’ In 2007 Ashurlu conquered the highest point of the planet.

New Air Route Links Tibet and Qinghai

by ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅ Featured

New Air Route Links Tibet and Qinghai

 

Tibet Airlines has launched regular flights between Tibet and Qinghai Province in the northwest.

The new route, which links the regional capital Lhasa and Qinghai’s Gelmud City, went into service on Monday, according to Lin Mingjing, deputy manager of the marketing department with Tibet Airlines.

Using Airbus A319, there will be three round trips each week, with each single trip lasting one hour and 20 minutes.

“I believe that the new route will give a big boost to regional tourism,” Lin said.

Tibet opened 13 new air routes in 2013, bringing the total number in the region to 48 and the number of cities linked with Tibet to 29.

The region received a record 2.76 million air passengers in 2013, up 24.4 percent from the previous year, according to the regional civil aviation authorities.

First Woman Qomolangma Mountaineer Passes Away

by ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅ Featured

First Woman Qomolangma Mountaineer Passes Away

 

At 7:00 am on March 31, 2014, as complications of diabetes set in, the heart of China’s first woman mountaineer reaching the summit of Mt. Qomolangma stopped beating at Wuxi Hospital in Jiangsu Province of China.

Her name was Pan Duo, 75 years old. She was also world’s first woman ever reached the summit from the north slope of Mt. Qomolangma.

Her loss was felt not only across China but also throughout the international mountaineering circle. Her glory remains, on the page of Chinese and global mountaineering history.

On May 27, 1975, Pan Duo and eight male mountaineers from China Mountaineering Team reached the summit of Mt. Qomolangma by way of its north slope, leaving world’s first women mountaineers’ footprint on that summit.

Living Fossil Traditional Dwellings of Kongpo Tibetans

by ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅ Featured

Living Fossil Traditional Dwellings of Kongpo Tibetans

 

There are three 100-year-old dwellings in the Conggo Village of Gongbo gyamda County of Nyingchi Prefecture, southeast Tibet Autonomous Region. The village is the only place in the Gongbo district that completely preserved traditional Tibetan village layout, residential architectural style, custom, culture and faith. The old buildings are living fossils, providing outsiders a window to understand Gongbo Tibetans.

Drolma Lhamo, hostess of one of the old houses, introduced: “Our house has over two hundred years history, and our elders have been living in this house from generation to generation. Now my family and I are also living in the house. We have a deep feeling with it.”

The house has two floors with the first floor stacked forage and sundry. It was mainly built of wood.

Holy Mountain and Lake in Ngari

by ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅ Featured

Holy Mountain and Lake in Ngari

Located in west Tibet, Ngari Prefecture borders India, Nepal and Kashmir. As world’s least populous prefecture, it covers 300,000 square kilometers at an average of 4,500 meters above sea- level. Intersection for Gangdise Mountains and Karakoran Mountains, Ngari is also the birthplace of a couple of major domestic and international rivers. It is therefore dubbed “ancestry of all rivers” and “origin of all springs” Rolling mountain peaks and meandering rivers overlook myriads of lakes unfold themselves through boundless prairie.

Among the numerous majestic mountains in Ngari, Mt. Kailash in Purang County is the best known holy mountain to the world as recognized as the center of this planet in Tibetan Buddhism, Hinduism and Bonism (the original religion in Tibet). The highest peak in Gangdise Mountain range, Mt. Kailash zigzags into a pyramid shape, averaging 6,656 meters above sea-level. In Tibetan language, Kailash means “mountain of gods and goddesses”.

Twenty kilometers onwards from Mt. Kangrinpoche lies another engaging spot-Lake Manassarovar. A freshwater lake averages 4,588 meters above sea-level with 412 square kilometers of coverage and 70 meters of depth. It is world’s highest fresh water lake. When the day clears up, the water appears transparently blue with ripples on the lake surface and reflected images of the clouds and the sky.

Tibet’s Yamdroktso Lake Listed in National Pilot Project

by ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅ Featured

Tibet's Yamdroktso Lake Listed in National Pilot Project

 

The Yamdroktso Lake in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region has recently been listed into the State’s pilot project on ecological environmental protection of 100 good lakes.

The Yamdroktso Lake is the second holy lake in Tibet to be listed in the project after the Namtso Lake. And related preliminary work was conducted last year.

Boasting beautiful and charming natural landscapes, the lakes in Tibet including Yamdroktso Lake attract a great number of tourists at home and abroad every year.

In order to resolve the hidden danger of household garbage brought by tourism development, the environmental department of Tibet has taken measures to strengthen the management and ecotourism tourism publicity at key scenic spots.

Tibet Sees Recovery Growth in Wildlife Number

by ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅ Featured

Tibet Sees Recovery Growth in Wildlife Number

 

According to the Forest Department of Tibet, there appears a recovery growth in the number of protected animals in the region.

The number of Tibetan antelopes under state first class protection has increased from some 160,000 in 2007 to 70,000 in 1995, while that of the black-necked crane has soared from some 7,000 to 1,000 before 1995.

At present, 45 out of 141 kinds of protected animals are under national first class protection level.

Sports Meeting Held in Tibetan Village

by ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅ Featured

Sports Meeting Held in Tibetan Village

 

The picture shows the villagers take part in the games at a sports meeting held in Gachang Village, Lhunzhub County of Lhasa. It is a sports meeting full of rural fun, which includes traditional Tibetan tug-of-war, race with sandbag as well as other games.

Tibet Receives 73 Foreign Mountaineering Groups Last Year

by ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅ Featured

Tibet Receives 73 Foreign Mountaineering Groups Last Year

 

Tibet received 73 foreign mountaineering expeditions last year.

A total of 626 foreign climbers were welcomed by Tibet, said Zhang Mingxing, director of Tibet Mountaineering Administration.

Mt. Qimolangma, Mt. Qowowuyag and Mt. Shishapangma are the favorite mounts for foreign climbers.

Mountaineering expertise training courses are being held by Tibet Mountaineering Association three days in a row from Mar 18.

The training courses are expected to help professional mountaineering coaches and guides better communicate with foreign climbers.

More than one hundred mountaineering professionals have taken part in the training program which is aimed at promoting mountain climbing in Tibet internationally.

Experts from Tibet Foreign Affairs Office and Tibet Frontier Corps give lectures on etiquette of international and cross-cultural exchanges.