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Mount Kailash Trek – Tibet`s Sacred Mountain & Western Tibet

The Mount Kailash Trek is Sian Pritchard-Jones and Bob Gibbons’™ Cicerone guide to trekking on the mythical Buddhist mountain that stands at 6714m, located behind the Himalaya. The guide covers the 3-4 day route around the sacred peak and though short, is very isolated and remote and undertaken at high altitudes, following the path of pilgrims for a thousand years. The mountain has for been a central pilgrimage site fro some of the world’™s major religions for hundreds of years. The guide also includes a visit to the lost kingdom of Guge and its former capital Tsaparang, home to Tibet’™s greatest Buddhist treasure house of art and paintings. The guide is structured in 6 main sections ‘“ Approach routes to Kailash (including three possibilities), The Kailash Kora trek, Other Treks in the Kailash region, the Guge Kingdom and a section dedicated to a Return to Kathmandu or Lhasa. Each route has an Information Box providing details on altitude range and gain, time, total distance and the trek’™s highest point. A comprehensive introduction gives practical guidance on pre-departure preparation, styles of trek, accommodation and food, visas and permits, health considerations, mountain sickness and getting there. There is also a general exploration of Tibetan landscapes and the local flora and fauna and climate. Extensive appendices provide a glossary of Bon and Buddhist deities, route summaries, language hints and films and music. Detailed route descriptions are accompanied by colour sketch diagrams mapping the route in addition to colour photographs illustrating some of the highlights of these dramatic mountain landscapes.

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