Mountaineering in Tibet (Tibet Expedition)

After mankind conquered both the Antarctic and Arctic in the 20th century, explorers turned their attention to the Tibetan Plateau. For millennia this land of majestic mountains was shrouded in mystery and beyond the reach of most aspiring mountaineers.
The "Roof of the World" is a world of mountains posing ever-changing challenges to mountaineers who always want to scale new heights or climb mountains that have been climbed before or by different routes. In recent years, the region has sponsored programs such as multi-national joint climbing, straight-line approach, climbing without oxygen supplies, speed climb and solitary climb. Difficult approaches and harsh climate have been chosen to test the extreme limits of human endurance.
In order to accommodate the needs of mountaineers from around the world, a number of mountain peaks have been open to international climbers since 1980.
The towering mountains of Tibet are increasingly popular with mountaineers who wish to test their strength and spirit and transcend the limits imposed by nature on human endeavor. The Tibetan Plateau has an average altitude of over 4,000 meters with many world-famous mountain ranges renowned for their elevation, relative young age and spectacular scenery. In the Himalayan Range alone, there are over 50 peaks with elevations of more than 7,000 meters and 11 peaks above 8,000 meters.
There are many mountain peaks in Tibetan Plateau that remain untouched by man's footsteps. The 7,782 meter Namjagbarwa Peak was once the highest to be scaled by man. The face of the peak was so steep that efforts by a team of Chinese and Japanese mountaineers in 1991 ended in failure and a number of deaths. But this did not deter another team of Chinese and Japanese climbers who conquered this virgin peak in October 1992 with 11 of them reaching the summit.