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Ferry across the Brahmaputra

We were early in the season for everything it seemed. 

Two days after Kailash, we had the choice of taking the "short route" which was direct to Qomolungma or the long route back to Shigatse and then on--about twice as far. This meant that we had to entice the local ferry-builders to change their schedule a few days sooner to accommodate our crossing.  Somewhat surprisingly, they accommodated our need and the morning of, we watched them restring cables, re-anchor the terminals, and lash together the ferry itself.

The Brahmaputra is still quite cold here--only a few hundred kilometers from its headwaters coming off of the very same Mt. Kailash--and deep enough to submerge a ferry and truck if something went wrong. But hey, we obviously made it, eh?

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