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Salon.com
February 4, 2002
Terence Clarke |
Tibet: Lost in the Himalayas An American photographer who brought three children out of Tibet talks about how the country's legendary spiritual tradition is vanishing...   |
High on Adventure
February 2004 |
Everest Base Camp Trek Experiencing Nepal's mountains, villages, and culture |
Salon.com
June 21, 2000
Gavin McNett |
"Virtual Tibet" and "The Search for the Panchen Lama" Even the experts fail to grasp the banality of Tibet. |
Searcher
January 2007
Linnea Christiani |
Online on Everest The world feels a lot smaller when you can have an interactive e-mail exchange with someone in your family half a globe away and half a day behind or make a satellite phone call from an elevation that can barely sustain life. |
Salon.com
November 28, 2000
Chris Colin |
The Dalai Lama China hates him, the West wants to hug him. The spiritual leader of Tibet isn't just the bodhisattva of compassion -- he's one heck of a marketer... |
Real Travel Adventures
December 2008
Nancy S. Tardy |
Bollywood Meets the Wild West Topped off with a Dollop of Spiritualism India! Many love it; some say they hate it; but no one is indifferent to this vast subcontinent teeming with almost one billion people. |
Outside
June 2006
Stephanie Pearson |
Cosmic Whiplash Strap in for a road trip through the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan with Robert Thurman (Uma's dad and one of the planet's most magnetic Buddha boosters) and get set for stunning scenery, harrowing S-curves, and face time with the wild side of your soul |
Military History
Joe Bageant |
War at the Top of the World For more than a decade, CIA training and airdrops helped hard-fighting Tibetan forces resist the Communist Chinese in a little-known 'war at the roof of the world.' |
Geotimes
August 2007
Fred Schwab |
The "Roof of the World" is Leaking If China's recent history of environmental stewardship is any guide, the future of Tibet is as hazy as Beijing's sky. China's push to develop Tibet may irreparably damage it. |
Real Travel Adventures
June 2010
Leslie R. Adams |
Finally, Tibet!! My little hostel is smack in the middle of the Tibetan town, near everything. On my roof I can see 360 degrees of mountains and sky and touch the clouds and there, right there is the Potala Palace!!! |
BusinessWeek
December 2, 2010
Nadja Brandt |
Luxury Hotels Reach New Heights in China A five-star spa comes to Tibet with the St. Regis Lhasa |
Wired
July 2006
David Wolman |
Train to the Roof of the World China's new 1,200-mile railway crosses some of the harshest terrain on the planet. Plug in your oxygen supply. All aboard the Tibet express. |
Outside
May 2003 |
Everest's Destiny Hold on to your crampons. May 29 marks the 50th anniversary of the first successful summit of Mount Everest, by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Record crowds of climbers, trekkers, and gawkers are expected to cram the mountain. |
InternetNews
March 17, 2008 |
Chinese Seethe on Web Over Rare Riots in Tibet Blogs reveal true opinions of population in China. |
Salon.com
September 30, 2002
Janelle Brown |
My past life as a dog For 12 years, Buddhist nun Tenzin Palmo meditated alone in a tiny cave in Tibet. Now she wants to elevate the status of other Buddhist women, believed to be reincarnated as females as punishment for past mistakes. |
Real Travel Adventures
February 2006
Mary McIntosh |
The Living Goddess of Nepal Nepal is an exciting and exotic blend of the ancient and the modern. |
Lucire
May 29, 2011
Elyse Glickman |
Looking Beyond the Mountains Model, actress, and now author, Yangzom Brauen has written a memoir, Across Many Mountains, of her family's journey from post-occupation Tibet to their new life in the west. |
Outside
September 2006
Nick Heil |
Pax Himalaya A tourism industry hobbled by years of civil war and political instability looks to rebound as Nepal makes moves toward a lasting peace. Is it finally safe to go back? |
Outside
March 2007 |
Best Trips 2007 Whether you want to raft an unknown Himalayan river or link a few Colorado peaks in your own backyard, here are 30 adventures to stoke your wanderlust. |
Outside
April 2010
Dean King |
In the Land of the Human-Sucking Bogs Retracing Mao Zedong's epic 1934 Long March through China's Great Snowy Mountains, the author gains a new respect for the few who survived -- and discovers a rugged wilderness ripe for modern adventure. |
Adventure
March 2004
Ian Baker |
High Holy Days Tibet's Mount Kailas is a Himalayan peak that is one part Everest and one part Mecca. |
Real Travel Adventures
February 2006
Leslie Adams |
Stomping Around China Beijing is pulsing with life and activity; a powerful combination of the ancient and the insanely modern. |
AskMen.com
April 26, 2001
Harry Marks |
Top 10: Spiritual Places This list will take you to some of the more traditional religious capitals of the world, as well as some more informal spots for those wishing to find answers: so sit back, close your eyes, and let your mind take you on a sacred journey... |
Geotimes
February 2007
Cobb et al. |
Rolling Across the Roof of the World The new rail connection to Tibet is a remarkable geotechnical achievement. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway brings greater access to the Tibetan Plateau -- which is good news to geoscientists wanting to see this fantastic and still remote part of the world. |
Outside
July 2007
Kevin Fedarko |
High Times You were told that Everest base camp is an insult to the true spirit of mountaineering. But why weren't you told about the excellent bars, the butter people, and that friendly playboy bunny from Poland? |
Energize
October 2004
Susan J. Ellis |
Watching, Helping and Learning from China We need to pay attention to volunteer patterns in the hugely populated countries of Asia, which will shed light on the growing numbers of citizens with Asian traditions living within our western countries. |
Outside
September 2006 |
What the Pros Know: Mount Everest Guides Debate The experts weight in on the risks and rewards of climbing Mount Everest. |
Outside
September 2003
Maria Coffey |
The Survivors "He died doing what he loved best," they always say. But when climbers meet their end on the high peaks, the ordeal is just beginning for their wives, husbands, children, parents, and friends. An exclusive excerpt from Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow |
Geotimes
July 2004
Jay Chapman |
Earthquake Rattles Tibet Early Monday morning, an earthquake shook the sparsely populated Gangdise Mountains in Tibet. |
Salon.com
November 14, 2000
John Thorne |
Trekking for Tibetan potatoes When it comes to recipes, I'm a hunter, not a gatherer... |
InternetNews
March 25, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
YouTube Outage in China Enters Third Day Google's video site remains blocked in China after a video depicting police beating protesters in Tibet surfaced. Chinese officials call the video "a lie." |
Outside
December 2002
Brad Wetzler |
The $50,000 Pyramid Mount Everest becomes a prize on TV's Global Extremes. Is this a Good Thing? |
Salon.com
August 24, 2000
Jeff Stark |
"Free Tibet" Half flimsy documentary, half unexceptional concert movie -- but Beck and Bjork are priceless. |
IDB America
July 2002
Claudia Neira |
Faith that moves mountains Jaime Vinals feels an irrepressible attraction for heights. So much so that he is the only Central American to have scaled the seven highest summits in the world, including Mount Everest, which he succeeded in doing on May 23, 2001. |
Outside
April 2010
Bruce Barcott |
Into Teen Air He's 13 years old, and he'-s headed up to 29,000 feet. As a new generation of adventurous kids post monster feats at younger and younger ages, Jordan Romero has his elders asking: Just how young is too young? |
Outside
June 2008
Marc Peruzzi |
Let the Games Begin Without Us Want to let China know how you feel about its behavior? Change the channel and boycott the Olympics. |
Outside
May 2007
Abrahm Lustgarten |
Automated Response Helicopter rescues on the summit of Everest may soon be reality. And the pilot won't be anywhere in sight. |
