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April 01, 2005
Nyalam
Roughly four hours later. Nyalam, a tiny village on the brink of the Tibetan plateau. 4,000 meters or 13,000 feet high. The altitude hits you right in your face. The lack of oxygen rather. The bus continued its way to Lhasa but we decided to stay overnight. Just in case, just in case. You never know. I've seen big guys suffering from altitude sickness and I won't share any unpleasant details with you. We, by the way, that was Anna, a dutch girl that I met in Zhangmu, and me. We decided to do the trip together. No, no, just a travel mate. Nyalam was also, and I guess still is, the starting point to climb Shishapangma, the only 8000 metres mountain totally within Tibet.