Trip West Tibet - Mt Kailash Day 1

Tashi Delek Let's Go! Day 1. We are ready to challenge and clear our sins. I have a lot of it to clear so I reckon I better start early. Anyway, we have to walk about 23 km today to reach the monastery and rest. So, we started at 8 a.m. and after discussing, we decide not to have any porters to bring our bags and that each of us will carry our ration and water. So with an addition of about 10 kg, started off.



Our spirits were high and by noon, our spirits are dying. It was a really tough trek. The thin air makes breathing difficult and each of us were just taking one step at a time. At least the weather is holding up. However, we loved the challenge. I can see that everyone is taking this trek as a personal challenge and we agreed that if we are to truely washed away our sins, some pain might be necessary.



After loads of ups and downs and terrible pain in the legs and chest, we finally meet up with Kailash at the monastery. Beautiful isn't it? Although the sun was still shining, it was already 7 pm......