I found this interesting article today about the completion of a "staggeringly difficult" railway from Beijing to Lhasa.
"When the inaugural train leaves Beijing on Saturday on the two-day trip, passengers will remain in sealed carriages as the train climbs to the Tibetan plateau and passes delicate tundra inhabited by antelope, yaks and wild donkeys.
Three trains a day, each carrying 900 passengers, will begin what is touted as a journey to and from the "roof of the world.'' As trains traverse a peak elevation of 16,640 feet above sea level, oxygen will flow into the sealed carriages to keep passengers from keeling over with altitude sickness."
Chuck and I met a couple of fellows on the 261 twenty days ago who are heading to China to ride the rails in October of this year. Maybe we can get a report back from them.
More later.
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