Pyramid-like peaks are one of the signature features of the mountain ranges that punctuate the Tibetan Plateau.
I took this post’s photo at 9.44 am on 16 October 2019.
We – a small group of Westerners – spent a little more than two weeks on and around the Plateau-proper’s eastern part, in Qinghai Province.
During that time we saw a grand total of two other Westerners.
On this particular morning we were in Nangchen, Qinghai’s southernmost county.
Where we stood was around twice as high as the Australian continent’s high point, and probably just a whisker lower than the summit of Mont Blanc.
So, this photo’s peaks, although modest by Tibetan standards, are probably rather higher than Western Europe’s highest mountain.
Arguably, Nangchen is now the Tibetan Plateau’s most Tibetan place – culturally and demographically.
Click here for Jamin “Lobsang” Lee’s informative and well-illustrated 2012-vintage article about Nangchen.
Today’s musical selection is a “mountain music” medley, from Appalachia – an eastern USA region of more modest mountains, and its own High Lonesome Sound.
For around 60 years now Del McCoury has been one of its greatest singers and bandleaders.
He recently celebrated his 81st birthday.
Del McCoury was 73 when he delivered yet another “killer” performance of two Appalachian classics. Jason Carter is the phenomenal fiddler: