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Hornbill (Prose): Silk Road cheat sheet
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Chapter 6Silk Road
Ravu → Hor → Darchen → Mount Kailash: a hard pilgrimage.
1. About
Author: Nick Middleton. A travelogue of a journey across Tibet to Mount Kailash.
2. Summary
- The writer leaves Ravu with Tsetan, a skilled driver, and Daniel, a Chinese companion.
- They see nomads, mastiffs and herds of kiang (wild asses) on the plateau.
- High altitude makes the writer ill; a doctor in Hor says it's altitude sickness.
- At Darchen he waits for pilgrims; meeting Norbu, a Tibetan scholar, he finally starts the kora (circuit) around Kailash.
3. People
Tsetan
calm, expert driver.
Daniel
leaves for Lhasa midway.
Norbu
scholar and fellow pilgrim.
4. Themes
- travel
- endurance
- landscape
- faith
5. Key Points
- Hor seemed bleak and dirty to the writer.
- Kailash is sacred to several faiths.
- Snow and rough roads slow them down.
- Lake Mansarovar is near Kailash.
Remember: Tsetan | altitude sickness | Darchen | Kailash kora
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