Cycling to Tibet Archives - Congrong Wang

Day 21 – A Day of Four Flat Tires Marking the End of Cycling

Congrong Wang — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0000

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Day 20 – Downstream Along Parlung Zangbo

Congrong Wang — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0000

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Day 19 – Blue Glaciers

Congrong Wang — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0000

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Day 18 – Mount Anjiula (4475 m)

Congrong Wang — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0000

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Day 17 – Mount Yela (4658 m) and the Dry Hot Nu River Valley

Congrong Wang — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0000

July 23.
Starting from the cold-wet plateau of Bangda, traversing Mount Yela followed by the famous 72 turns of Nu River descending from 4600 to 2700 meters. There, we entered the hot, dry, and dusty Nu River valley.

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Day 16 – As If in Xinjiang

Congrong Wang — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0000

July 22.
A pleasant day in the Yu River valley. Soft and bright sunshine, freezing air, mild slope with wind at my back.

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Day 15 – 5130 Meters High!

Congrong Wang — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:00:04 +0000

July 21, 2023.
Highlight day of the trip, as we are arriving at the highest point of the entire highway—Mount Dongda Pass with an elevation of 5130 meters!

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Day 14 – An Extremely Disgusting Uphill: Mount Jueba

Congrong Wang — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0000

At an altitude of 3911 meters, Mount Jueba is definitely not the highest pass along the way, but is widely regarded as the most disgusting and exasperating uphill, if not by all.

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Day 13 – Across Yangtze River, Entering AR of Tibet & Mount Zongla (4150 m)

Congrong Wang — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0000

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Day 12 – Rest Day in Batang

Congrong Wang — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0000

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