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Post by Lotus Eater on Nov 7, 2006 17:23:22 GMT 7
Friend came over last night to give me the photos she took of our horse trek. So here I am looking serious about riding! In my holiday clothes - they are great - never look dirty (not the same as never getting dirty mind you!), have plenty of pockets for carrying dongxi - cargo pants thigh pocket large enough for bottle of water. Photographers vest is great for small stuff - especially more batteries and memory cards for camera! Colour co-ordinated - I have a green Northface, with matching gloves, beanie, and scarf for the cold days - plus the army greatcoat would also go over it for very cold days. Riding - please note matching 'you can't see me' hat. When a girl goes travelling she likes to be totally co-ordinated. Chatting to my Tibetan mate - he's invited me to stay with he and his family next time I go. Lovely people. (It's my matching camera bag making me look really fat in this pic!)
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Post by Ruth on Nov 8, 2006 16:05:28 GMT 7
Lovely outfit and perfect for the occasion. What's in the saddle bag?
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Post by Lotus Eater on Nov 8, 2006 17:08:43 GMT 7
Food - we carried it with us, the Tibetans don't have much variety - meat and noodles and tsampa so we brought some vegies with us, and I also loaded up with dried fruits from the Muslim markets to give the children and wet ones (no NOT those kinds - the wet tissues you can wash with for the women), plus heavy raincoats in case it rained, light backpacks so we didn't ahve to carry them, and sleeping bags.
By no means an elegant outfit - but about as practical as you can get. And the fact that even when I stood 18inches deep in mud after a quick wipe down with grass and water you couldn't see the dirt makes it great in my eyes!
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Post by Jollyjunklass on Nov 9, 2006 4:03:01 GMT 7
How cold was it up there ?
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Post by Lotus Eater on Nov 9, 2006 7:29:13 GMT 7
In summer we still take the Northfaces. The base altitude is 3200-3500 metres and we climb higher, so it doesn't ever seem to get much warmer than maybe 22C during the day, and at night drops to probably 6-8C (summer). This was October week, and it snowed. Under the top photo clothes I have a thermal underwear - long-sleeved top and full length bottom and a short sleeved shirt, plus the long-sleeved one you can see. We all wore our thermals and as soon as the sun started to drop we put on the scarf, beanie and gloves. So it was chilly. Once off the grasslands and into the mountains it got colder earlier. Even my Tibetan mate was happy to share my ski gloves with me - we each wore one on our riding hand. Strangely I ride left-handed while I do everything else right handed! In my backpack I also had the heat warmer stick-ons and both of us were happy to use them. I'm taking more back with me for him when I go again. One of my friends wore her fur lined coat. I'm headed back for Spring Festival and the snow is promised to be deep, white and beautiful! I have a traditional Tibetan coat I will be wearing, plus I've bought (matching ) ski pants to go over the rest of the clobber. And I will be taking extra thermals, and heavier woollen shirts. So even in summer it gets cold, autumn is decidedly chilly and winter will be very cold - it is part of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
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