Crossing Tibet: 12 The Hard Way

Episode 12: The Hard Way Rinpoche and his large group of travelers are exhausted. Coming down from a terribly steep pass, they all need a break. But that's not the main problem. They are stuck. They have gone off the main road and taken a diversion because there were too many refugees on the main road and no grass for the many yaks, mules, and horses. Surrounded by huge mountains, they don't know the best way forward and the Chinese are eager to hunt Rinpoche down. Rinpoche decides that he needs to withdraw for a while, go into retreat.