James Hilton’s 1933 Lost Horizon is one of few books that has survived the test of time yet continues to fly low under many radars. ...

Undoubtedly made famous by the film of the same name starring Brad Pitt, Seven Years in Tibet , as is usually the case, is a bette...

The name Rick Ridegway will not be known to many.   Amongst mountain climbers and environmental enthusiasts, however, it is.   Part of th...

(In case you missed them, Part I is here and Part II is here .)   After our four day hike, we returned to Lhasa for a couple of da...

After visiting Lhasa, we traveled into the countryside to begin a four day overland hike.  But in order to adjust to the altitude, we fi...

To get to Tibet you must either, fly, take a train, or do what a band of monks did, hike for five months on a pilgrimmage. We chose t...