North Face by Matt Dickinson

Author:Matt Dickinson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
Published: 2016-02-08T05:00:00+00:00

Tashi loaded her yaks with the Swiss expedition’s equipment the following day. Christophe and his team were a jovial bunch, experienced climbers who had ganged together to pay for an Everest permit. Some of them were very young, university students who liked a joke.

Tashi felt her cares lifting as she started the journey up the glacier. She beamed with pleasure as she saw Karma trek down the valley side to join them.

Karma also got on well with Christophe and the leader was interested to know more about the children’s ‘crimes’ of owning a portrait of the Dalai Lama and a copy of his autobiography.

‘It’s a violation of human rights,’ he told them. ‘You should be free to express your religious convictions.’

‘Human rights don’t mean anything here,’ Karma told him. ‘The authorities do what they believe is correct and they don’t care what any other country thinks.’

The conversation was fascinating to Tashi. The idea of a charter of human rights was one that she had never thought about before. The more Christophe told them about it the more she wondered how on earth the Chinese could get away with their treatment of the Tibetans.

‘The West is too frightened to offend Beijing,’ Christophe explained. ‘They don’t want to lose their markets in the East.’

Tashi felt anger burning deep inside. The people of Tibet had a right to be treated fairly but that right was being ignored by the whole world. It seemed totally wrong.

The trek came to an end all too soon. The yaks were relieved of their burdens and it was time to begin the journey back down.

‘Can I ask a favour before we go?’ Karma said. ‘Tashi’s told me about the Tiananmen Square demonstrations but I’ve never seen any of the video clips. Could you show me?’

‘Sure,’ Christophe agreed.

As soon as the mess tent was erected, he fired up his laptop and got online.

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