Into Tibet

we did some big days of cycling between kashgar and yecheng. i think i would have appreciated the paved roads more if i knew what was coming up. shit roads and more shit roads for the next 2 months.
ok, so we stuffed up and got to the top of the chiragsaldi pass (4980m) a bit late. and a snow storm was coming too. it was cold and dark on the decent to mazar, but part way down, the clouds parted and we could see the moon and stars. and i remember andrea had really some cold hands and peter gave her his gloves and rode the rest of the decent with no gloves.
the morning after a cold night in the tents. i remember getting up before the others and the sun hadn't quiet come over the mountains and we were still in the "shade" . i had a down jacket on but still was pretty cold. i had a look at the thermometer next to peters tent and it said -6 degrees celcius.
peter and franz somewhere. franz was carrying about 25kgs extra gear than peter.