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MITCH DUNCAN

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WEST CHINA AND TIBET

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One prepares for the worst and hopes for the best when undertaking any serious expedition. You can bring all the equipment in the world to deal with the many potential variables which will surely be thrown your way, but it's the self doubt which is
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To mornings spent high up in the mountains, where pulling back the flap of a nomad hut reveals sites like this.
After two days of challenging terrain and even tougher weather we finally made it to Gyergo. A village high up on the Tibetan plateau, hidden in a small valley. The village also had a school of about 30 students where most students under the age of
One night I stayed with a family 9 nomads, 3 three baby yaks and 3 mumma yaks all in the one hut. You see it was a bit too nippy outside for the new born calfs, plus they had to have some bonding time with the folks. At about 3 am in pure darkness I
My guide, his wife and their granddaughter  share a tsampa tea before we embark out into the Tibetan steppe. Tagong, Tibet.
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No one wants to get food poisoning while travelling. But when a Tibetan nomad invites you into his hut, breaks off yak-shit to put in the fire to keep you warm, then with those claws, hand mixes you a bowl of porridge to chow down on. You generally
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Me and my guide had one last high pass to ascend before heading back to town until a snowstorm rolled over us. Through a mixture of hand-signals and facial expressions my guide explained it would be best we go back down a bit and try the next day. I
Tibetan steppe horses are renowned for their durability and endurance and at 5600 meters high where the air is thin that hardy stamina comes in pretty dam handy. Another fact you should know about these guys is they're a bit impartial to flapping sk

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