Yesterday I mentioned that the highest raning Chinese General in Tibet was being forced into retirement because of the International outcry over the Nangpa La shootings from last year. As I explained in that article, a group of refugees from Tibet were crossing the pass on their way to Nepal when they were ambushed by … Read more
Remember the incident in Nangpa La pass last year? I blogged fairly extensively about it at the time. The incident involved a number of refugees from Tibet using the pass to sneak across the border into Nepal, but they were ambushed by the Chinese military, resulting in the death of a 25 year old nun, … Read more
Progress continues in the Karakorum with with more teams arriving all the time, and climbers already starting to make their summit bids. K2Climb.net will be trying to keep us all up to date on what’s happening in Pakistan over the coming weeks as more climbers try to add an 8000m peak to their resume. On … Read more
