Sunday, October 09, 2011
Yading Outer Kora trek maps (亚丁大转山 地图)
I have been marking the route of the Yading Outer Kora on Google Earth - which now has much higher resolution images of the area. Here's a few examples. Contact me if you want some higher res versions, I have detailed maps for each day of the trek. (亚丁: 仙乃日, 央迈勇, 夏诺多吉)
Yading Big Kora Map: Day1
Yading Big Kora Map: Second day
Yading Big Kora Map: Second-third pass
Yading Big Kora Map: Yaka (third) pass
Yading Big Kora Map: Third pass to ampitheatre
Yading Big Kora Map: Shoulder (4th pass) looking back
Yading Big Kora Map: Fourth ('shoulder') pass onwards
Yading Big Kora Map: Fifth pass - Shenrezig
This is the view looking down from the rather gentle Fifth Pass - almost a non-pass, really. It's not apparent here, but the big lump of schist known as 'Rock's rock' is at the centre of the grass bowl at the bottom of the pass. This pic is from near the top of the fifth pass.
This pic is of the area around 'Rock's rock', looking back at the fifth pass.
'Rock's rock':
Yading Big Kora Map: Sixth pass lookdown
This is the view looking down from the sixth pass to the lake 'Zumi Ho', Shenrezig in the backgound. Jambeyang is just out of picture to the right, and is even more imposing.
It's quite a steep descent that requires a bit of scrambling over rocks. Here's a picture of the same spot, paying off our porters, who wanted to run ahead and get home that same day!
(Pic by Peter Jost).
Yading Big Kora Map: Sixth/Seventh passes
Yading Big Kora Map: Seventh ('three way') pass
Here's a picture I took ten years ago (April - hence the snow) looking down on the small lake below the three-way pass, back of Shenrezig:
Here is a picture of the three-way pass, as we approached it from the lake. The kora continues to the left, while the short cut back down in to the Luorong valley is straight ahead (you can see Chanadorje peeping out to the right).
Here is a picture of the three-way pass, as we approached it from the lake. The kora continues to the left, while the short cut back down in to the Luorong valley is straight ahead (you can see Chanadorje peeping out to the right).
Yading Big Kora Map: Seventh-Eighth pass
Yading Big Kora Map: Seventh-Eighth pass, originally uploaded by jiulong.
Here's a picture I took en route between the seventh and eigth passes:
Yading Big Kora Eighth (final) pass
Yading Big Kora Eighth (final) pass, originally uploaded by jiulong.
Here's a picture I took of the pass covered in snow:
Thursday, October 06, 2011
Trip to Choni/Jone cancelled
Tomorrow evening I was due to be setting off on what should have been my 'final' Rock trip, to Gansu province. I was hoping to fly to Lanzhou and visit some of the places that Rock explored during his extended trip to Amnye Machen, namely the monasteries at Choni and Ragya. However, it was not meant to be. A couple of weeks ago I had an accident cycling home from work, in which I broke my ankle and tibia after being squashed by a car. Ten weeks on crutches, and I can't even walk to the bus stop without a couple of rests, so there'l be no walking in the footsteps of Rock for a while either.
My flight ticket also turned out to effectively be non-refundable/changeable as well. Hint - don't ever book with Zuji, unless you like making long futile calls to Indian call centres.
Ah well, perhaps next year.
My flight ticket also turned out to effectively be non-refundable/changeable as well. Hint - don't ever book with Zuji, unless you like making long futile calls to Indian call centres.
Ah well, perhaps next year.
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