Crossing Tibet: 14 Towards Brahmaputtra

Episode 14: Heading Towards Brahmaputtra The refugee group had come down the dizzying ladder to Rigong Kha, magnificently situated on a triangular fold of land some 1,500 feet above the Yigong River, enclosed on the east and west by mountains that rose to meet in the snow-capped peaks many thousands of feet above. To the south, just across the river, was the Tsophu Valley, which spread southwards before disappearing upwards into the glistening heights.