At 8,188m, Cho Oyu is the sixth-highest mountain in the world. Located 20km west of Everest, it sits astride the border of Tibet and Nepal. We already wrote a brief climbing history of the mountain, ...
At age 39, Spanish software developer Javier Carrasco decided to trade the predictability of office life for the uncertainty of the open road. “You could call it a midlife crisis, or simply the urge ...
My introduction to Tibet came via two cities, Delhi and Dehradun. I grew up in Allahabad, which didn’t have a Tibetan presence. In the summer vacations, I’d come to Dehradun to visit my grandmother.
Traveling into China’s hidden Tibet reveals a world shaped by altitude, tradition, and a way of life that still follows the land. Far from cities and tourist routes, real Tibetan nomads continue to ...
Being a monk with a mandala might seem challenging to a non-monk. After days of painstaking work, placing colored grains in an intricate geometric pattern on a large mat, the sand painting is ...
Jetsun Serab Chötso's gift is connecting the mind and the sacred -- through song. "There is a strong connection between sound and mind," said Chötso, a Buddhist nun visiting Houston from Tibet. "There ...
Jack and Owen sit down with Sports Writers Henry Light and Rowan Shea to break down Oregon’s win over Wisconsin, the return of basketball season,... The Beijing 2008 Olympics will be a grand stage on ...