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I recently arrived back to Kathmandu after the Cho Oyu Expedition. I did not summit because of difficult weather, but climbed at least to 7400m.

See dispatches and 105 photos.

Southern Friendship Highway between Lhasa and Gyantse was probably the highlight of our entire journey. We cycled through picturesque valleys, challenged high passes and camped next to a holy lake. The Tibetan people, however, are very annoying on this particular area. Read more »

Jardar Valand has written a very personal account of his meeting with the Tibetan people and culture (Norwegian language only). Read more »

After 22 days of living in a tent and about 1450 km on the seats of our bikes, we arrived in Lhasa on July 5th. Read more »

We are anxious each time we approach one of the three major checkpoints between Golmud and Lhasa. Will the police stop us and send us back to Golmud or do we manage to sneak into Tibet without any permits? (this article is in Norwegian language only) Read more »

Eric Mortensen has written a report about our journey towards Lhasa in Tibet. Read more »

For a while yesterday evening we were afraid that our whole bike trip to Lhasa was coming to a sudden end. The bolt on Jardar’s rear hub has broken in two. This is a solid steel bolt that was made especially to pull the Bob-cart. We didn’t have a reserve, as none of us thought it would ever break off. But that’s happened. Read more »

We’re now in Xining, which is the capitol city of the Qinghai Province in China. This city is approx halfway on our bike journey between Ulan Bator and Kathmandu. Read more »

It was wonderful to get to Hong Kong! Finally a little of the structure and order we’re used to in the West. Now we could safely cross the streets on green, we were no longer in constant danger of falling into an open manhole, and we could enjoy wandering around in smoke-free public buildings and shopping centres. Read more »

Eric Mortensen has written a report about our journey towards Lanzhou. You can read it here:

http://daprez.typepad.com/fullrulle/2005/06/mot_lanzhou.html
(norwegian language only).