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Starting 30 kilometers (20 miles) south from New Tinggri, one will reach a checkpoint. 11 kilometers (7miles) west of the checkpoint, a new road and an old one turn off south to Everest Base Camp. A 78-kilometer (48-mile) trek leads to Rongbuk Monastery, which is the highest monastery on the earth. Its altitude is 5,100 meters (16728 feet). The monastery was founded in 1899, as a Nyingmapa monastery since it was said that once Padmasambhava, founder of Nyingmapa, proceeded his religious cultivation here. The monastery, having 8 sub-monasteries including a nunnery, was destroyed in the Cultural Revolution, is gradually restored. It houses Lamas and nuns in the same monastery. Sakyamuni and Padmasambhava are enshrined in the small temple. Pilgrims treks a long way to pay votive offerings or see lamas playing operas during big Buddhist days. Rongbuk has a hostel having 100 beds, with a dinning room and a store, where tourists and mountaineers may have cooked food and instant food, even beer. 300 meters (980 feet) south of the monastery is the famous Rongbuk Glacier. A distance of 10 kilometers (6 miles) lies between the monastery and Everest Base Camp.
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Mt.
Everest, also known as Mt. Qomolangma, meaning Goddess Third in Tibetan,
is the highest peak in the world. The 8848 meters (29028 feet) high peak,
snow capped throughout the year, lies at the border between China and
Nepal. The North Col of Everest is located in Tinggri (Shegar). Massive
glaciers and seracs feature a thrilling splendor. The peak has been a
holy climbing attraction for world's mountaineers. In recent years, more
and more mountaineers start from the Everest Base Camp trying to conquer
the world's highest peak while tourists trek to the foot of the peak to
enjoy its beauty.