Southwest China and eastern Tibet have one of the largest concentrations of the world’s remaining un-climbed mountains. Ranges of young, sharply etched peaks with beautiful rock faces and pristine glaciers still await their first exploration. This region is called Kham by its Tibetan inhabitants, and was only recently opened by the Chinese government to outside visitors.
Monks of the Kangding Monastery during their morning sutras. Guy Sgan Cohen.
Building on the accomplishments and experience from a series of explorations to the area in the past four years – including the first ascent of Dogonomba and second ascent of Reddomaine – we are again leading expeditions into the Hengduan Mountain Range. This range lies to the east of the Himalaya and stretches from northern Myanmar along Tibet’s eastern border to the northern part of China’s Sichuan Province.
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Success in Sichuan
By Aidan Loehr
Our program includes significant interaction with both Chinese and Tibetan cultures, several days of acclimatization while trekking, and the opportunity to climb a spectacular 6100 meter peak.
In addition to mountaineering, our experiences will include remote Tibetan villages and monasteries, rhododendron and holly forests, pristine sub-alpine and alpine zones, and a little-explored realm of glaciers and granite peaks.
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