A Camino in Tibet

[Myra Ramsay]

Yesterday I watched a repeat of the A Pilgrimage into Tibet on Compass which is an ABC program in Australia. It shows a group of Australian pilgrims who go on the sacred trek around Mt Kailish. Can’t seem to find www address but if you search “Pilgrmage into Tibet” you should find it. Very interesting. Some pilgrims take a helicopter to avoid the initial trek to Mt Kaililsh.

 

[jungleboy]

The ABC website says you can stream the episode from anywhere in the world but I can't get it to play on a browser in Portugal. There's also an app that I haven't tried, so that might work.

While on the Camino Francés a few years ago I met a very interesting American pilgrim who had directed a film about the pilgrimage at Mt Kailash. I haven't seen the film but the trailer is here:

 

[VNwalking]

The circumambulation of Kailash is a famous Tibetan pilgrimage. Instead of walking, many devout pilgrims do continuous prostrations — all the way around the mountain. Just getting there is a bit of a trial, so it's not a pilgrimage for the faint of heart.

 

[NorthernLight]

I had dinner in about 1990 with the friend of a friend who walked from the Chengdu area of China to Lhasa, Tibet. It was completely illegal for foreigners to do this as it went through some off limits areas, but she was sneaky about it and made it all the way there. It took a couple of months. Once she reached the area of eastern Tibet, she caught up with many Tibetan pilgrims who were prostrating their way to Lhasa. Her photos were stunning.

 

[AlanSykes]

Julian Cooper, an acquaintance of mine here in Cumbria, made an impressive series of paintings of Kailash for an exhibition a few years ago.

 

[thepacman]

Can’t seem to find www address

Here's the URL for the show - https://www.abc.net.au/religion/watch/compass/a-pilgrimage-into-tibet/12494416.

I saw it earlier in the year, a wonderful show. Whilst I've been to Tibet and to the Himalayas several times, I've not been to Mt Kailash, a journey I'd love to do.

 

[thepacman]

I can't get it to play on a browser in Portugal

@jungleboy - Hi Nick - perhaps the link above will work? The ABC in Australia does do some geo-blocking, but not usually for direct URLs. Let me know if you still can't access it and I'll see if I can find something else.