Tibet 2025

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Olya Rumyantseva reports from Tibet:

 Greetings to everyone from Tibet from the enlightened team! Today we had a very spectacular and scenic day. We woke up early in the morning and went to the airport, meeting the sunrise on the way and watching the first rays of the sun color Kailash.

The short one-and-a-half-hour flight to Lhasa was memorable for the views of the Himalayan range. It was especially nice to see Everest.

Today was a very important day for Buddhists in Tibet - the day of Buddha's enlightenment. Therefore, in Lhasa, around the Jokhang Temple, there were an incredible number of people doing kora and prostrations.

That's how much we saw! Tomorrow we have a day of rest before flying home, but we will probably come up with something interesting for this day.

The guide of the 7 Summits Club Olya Rumyantseva sends from Tibet:

Hello everyone from Tibet from completely “almost enlightened and reborn”! Today, our group got up very early to cross the Demome La Pass 5620 meters high and, according to Buddhist beliefs, reborn, leaving everything bad on the other side of the pass.

The whole group successfully overcame this test. Next, we had to go down to the shelter.

But everyone was so successfully reborn and revived to a new life that they decided not to stop in the shelter, but to go to the parking lot. As a result, we walked 26 km and ended up in Darchen in the evening.

The 7 Summits Club guide Olya Rumyantseva reports from Tibet:

Hello everyone from Tibet! Today we had a day of almost rest. In the morning we visited the Chiu monastery, which perched like a bird on the top of the mountain. This monastery was built on the site where Guru Rimpoche first came to bring Buddhism to Tibet. According to legend, in the cave where he stayed and over which the monastery was built, there is an imprint of his foot in the stone. We looked and confirmed that there is an imprint of someone's foot.

 In the monastery, we received instructions from a monk and talked with a family from a village in northern Tibet, who came to make a pilgrimage in honor of Saga Dawa. After that, we went to Lake Rakshastal, in which, according to legend, demons live. We didn't find any demons, but we saw stunningly beautiful landscapes. On the way, we saw herds of horses grazing against the backdrop of Kailash and yaks, who almost trampled us. And also people who perform kora with prostrations around the sacred lake Manosarovar.

After lunch, it was time to rest, prepare for tomorrow's hiking trip and walk around the village - after all, there are so many interesting things on its streets.

The 7 Summits Club super guide Olya Rumyantseva sends from Tibet:
Hello everyone from Tibet!
Today we drove for a long time through interesting places and in the evening we arrived in the village of Darchen, from where our trekking around Mount Kailash will begin the day after tomorrow.

Perhaps the fact that we drove the whole day in a car to get somewhere does not sound very good. But in fact, it was a wonderful day, filled with beautiful and amazing things.
From the very beginning, we were accompanied by wonderful views of snow-capped mountains and herds of yaks.

Then we visited one ancient monastery, where there are practically no tourists, only Tibetan pilgrims. The monastery made an unforgettable impression. A real place of power.
Then, unexpectedly, a real desert with dunes, a turquoise lake and snow-capped mountains on the horizon appeared on our way. And it was not a mirage.
At the end of a long journey, we arrived at the sacred Lake Manasarovar.
That's how much there was in one day! And it will be even more interesting.

The 7 Summits Club super guide Olya Rumyantseva sends from Tibet:

 Hello everyone from Tibet! We continue to travel around the country and become enlightened. Today was a very long drive to the city of Saga.

But before we left Shigatse, we visited one of the most famous monasteries in Tibet, the residence of the Panchen Lama - Tashilhunpo. Tashilhunpo Monastery was founded in 1447 by a student of Tsongkhapa, who was recognized after his death as the First Dalai Lama. The full name of the monastery is translated from Tibetan as "all happiness and well-being is collected here."

In Tashilhunpo there are burial stupas with the remains of the First Dalai Lama and several Panchen Lamas. Tashilhunpo is also famous for the largest statue of Maitreya Buddha in Tibet, 26 meters high. It took 279 kg of gold, almost the same amount of silver, 116 tons of bronze, more than 40 diamonds and 1000 pearls to make it.

Now in Tibet there is a sacred month, the most important month for Tibetan Buddhists - Saga Dawa. During this month, many Tibetans try to make pilgrimages to holy places and visit the most important monasteries. Therefore, in the territory of Tashilhunpo we saw many pilgrims in national clothes. It was very interesting to watch them.

 Well, and then we set off and drove the whole day, only occasionally getting out to look at all sorts of beautiful things. Again we crossed passes with an altitude of almost 5000 meters. So I want to hope that our acclimatization is in full swing.

Olya Rumyantseva, the guide of the 7 Summits Club, reports from Tibet:

 Greetings to everyone from Tibet from the gradually enlightening group! Today we left Lhasa and headed out to meet enlightenment, having first replenished our oxygen supply just in case. We spent the whole day on the road, contemplating the beautiful views. We crossed two passes about 5000 meters high, saw the sacred lake Yamdrok Tso and the glacier.

In the distance, snow-capped mountain peaks appeared, which we will gradually approach. By evening, we reached the city of Gyandze, where we visited the famous monastery of Pelkor-Chede.

Once upon a time, there were 15 monasteries of various schools. The majority - 9 monasteries - belonged to the Gelug school. In the monastery, a monk showed us an ancient mask made of yak skin, which is used for ritual dances.

And in the evening we arrived in the city of Shigatse, where we will spend the night. It turned out to be a very long and eventful day.

The 7 Summits Club guide Olya Rumyantseva sends from Tibet:

 Greetings to everyone from Tibet from a group of those who are still not enlightened, but are really striving for it! Today we had another big excursion day in Lhasa. We visited the main attraction of Tibet – Potala, the former residence of the Dalai Lama.

We walked from the bottom to the very top, climbing 13 floors. In general, we received a good boost of energy and acclimatization. And how much we saw and learned, and can not be described.

After Potala, we visited the most important monastery, one might say, the heart of Tibet – Jokhang Monastery. We walked through its premises, twisted prayer wheels and even, thanks to our guide's acquaintance with the monks, were allowed to see the golden statue of Buddha, which usually no one is allowed to see (photography is prohibited in most of the temple premises, so there will be no photo of the Buddha statue).

Well, and of course, we walked around the center, marveled at the color of Tibet. Tomorrow we will leave Lhasa and begin our movement towards Kailash.

The 7 Summits Club guide Olya Rumyantseva sends from Tibet:

 Hello to everyone from Tibet! Today we had an excursion day in Lhasa. We visited two of the most important monasteries. Drepung Monastery, which was the residence of the Dalai Lama before the Potala was built. And Sera Monastery, where monks debate. During the excursions we saw many amazing Buddhist things and learned a lot about the traditions of Buddhism, about Buddhas and lamas.

Today is a very important day for Buddhists - the birthday of Buddha Shakyamuni. Therefore, it was especially pleasant to be in such monasteries on such a day.

Today everyone has already gotten used to the height of 3600 that fell on us. We have another day in Lhasa ahead of us.

The 7 Summits Club guide Olya Rumyantseva sends from Tibet:

 Hello everyone from Tibet! It's been a while since our groups have been here. Today we flew to Chengdu, looked at numerous pandas. Unfortunately, not real ones. And immediately flew to Lhasa - the capital of Tibet.

Our plans include visiting the most important monasteries of Tibet and walking the kora around the mysterious Mount Kailash. On the first evening in Lhasa, we walked a little, soaked up the atmosphere of this amazing place. Well, and began to acclimatize. After all, the altitude is 3600 meters.