Big Peak, Songpan

Our map reckons this mountain East of Songpan is above 5500m. I'm not entirely sure but it is certainly well above 4000m. Mont Blanc is ~4800m, Mount Whitney ~4418m and Denali is ~6100m.

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The burning ring of fire

June 11th 2005
Jung Chang, in her 2003 introduction to "Wild Swans" makes the following observations about her visits to modern day China - "Exhaltation and excitement are exhausting. So are exasperation and outrage, which dog my every step here." Well, on a slightly less dramatic level, we know how she feels. In the interests of anyone reading this, I'll save my winge to the end. ... read more

Asia » China » Gansu » Xiahe

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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