|
Updated: 01:14 pm EDT May 09, 2008
|
|
He rode across the Himalayas in the winter of 1949: George Patterson's final contribution to the people of Tibet
(ExplorersWeb.com) We know that ExWeb is read by some pretty cool people. But this one really sent us through the roof. It's like Seven Years in Tibet all over again, except that this time we get to be a small part of it.
While ExplorersWeb has followed China through a modern perspective; George Patterson turned his back on all that he knew and journeyed into remote Tibet at the conclusion of the Second World War.
George became involved with the Tibetan resistance to the invading Chinese Communist army. Close to ninety years old now, the explorer/journalist has also met with the new generation of Tibetans and in the following editorial, George ties up history and today with a remarkable, unique insight.
Full Story
|
| |
Top Feature Stories |
|
Latest News |
more news |
|
Incognito Patagonia: Sea kayak exploration of the wild west
Full Story
|
|
Expedition Deep Cold debrief: winter exploration and first ascents in remote NE Patagonia Ice Cap
Full Story
|
|
ExWeb's end of season Antarctica report: Kids of Amundsen
Full Story
|
|
Irish South Pole skier unravels Ice Cube scam
Full Story
|
|
NP solo 2008: ExWeb interview with Hannah McKeand, "I'm a woman who follows her passions"
Full Story
|
|
ExplorersWeb Year in Review
Full Story
|
|
North Pole Winter Expedition ready to go - complete darkness and open water
Full Story
|
|
Tara update: Breaking free in the footsteps of Fram
Full Story
|
|
|
|
He rode across the Himalayas in the winter of 1949: George Patterson's final contribution to the people of Tibet  May 9, 2008
|
|
Fedor Konyukhov's 102 day record around the Antarctica Cup Racetrack  May 9, 2008
|
|
Red flares for freedom: climbers against Everest torch light fires around the world  May 7, 2008
|
|
China vs. ExWeb: internet attacks to silence climbers' free speech  May 6, 2008
|
|
Day 100: Fedor ready to sail into Antarctica record books  May 5, 2008
|
|
ExplorersWeb Week in Review  May 4, 2008
|
|
ExWeb China Special: A new evil in our world  May 1, 2008
|
|
Mitsuro Ohba's trek on Ellesmere Island  Apr 29, 2008
|
|
Greenland S/N Finns have hit the ice  Apr 28, 2008
|
|
ExplorersWeb Week in Review  Apr 28, 2008
|
|
Tibetan torch on Switzerland's Everest highlights skeletons  Apr 25, 2008
|
|
ExWeb's interview with ThePoles.com editor Correne Erasmus-Coetzer  Apr 23, 2008
|
|
|