Thibet

Every day in Thibet, about midday, there are high winds, carrying dust and sand, often in the form of a blizzard, and making travelling extremely unpleasant.

The Assault on Everest 1928

Considering the cold climate I suppose it is natural that they should not do too much washing, but water is very scarce in Thibet except for about a couple of months in the year.

The Assault on Everest 1928

The great elevated plateau of Thibet is 15,000 feet above sea level.

The Assault on Everest 1928

We carried them along with us all through Thibet and whenever we wanted very much done around our camps in Thibet we hired local labour.

The Assault on Everest 1928

The cold winds in Thibet during the better part of the year make that clothing seem hardly adequate.

The Assault on Everest 1928

Gen. Bruce celebrated his 58th birthday in Thibet with a very fine bottle of rum 150 years old.

The Assault on Everest 1928

All the while this was going on, something else was going on-the railroads and steamships and telegraphs and telephones and wireless, tying the whole world up into one bundle, so that what happened anywhere happened everywhere, and the roofs of Buddhist pagodas in Thibet shone with the corrugated tin of Standard Oil cans.

The Challenge of International Relations to North America 1925

Ganges and Burrampooter, rise in Thibet, from the opposite ridges of the same hills, separate from each other to the distance of 1200 miles, and, after a winding course of 2000 miles, again meet in one point near the Gulf of Bengal.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

A dry, friable substance of a dark color, taken from a little bag under the belly of a small animal called the Thibet Musk, which is a native of the Indies, Tonquin, and China.

A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. Anonymous

These were pine-trees, of the species known as Thibet pines, which grow to a great height, with tall trunks clear of branches full fifty feet from the ground.

The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Mayne Reid 1850