After mankind conquered both the Antarctic and Arctic in the 20th century, explorers turned their attention to the Tibetan Plateau. For millennia this land of majestic mountains was shrouded in mystery and beyond the reach of most aspiring mountaineers.
The "Roof of the World" is a world of mountains posing ever-changing challenges to mountaineers who always want to scale new heights or climb mountains that have been climbed before or by different routes. In order to accommodate the needs of mountaineers from around the world, a number of mountain peaks have been open to international climbers since 1980.
The towering mountains of Tibet are increasingly popular with mountaineers who wish to test their strength and spirit and transcend the limits imposed by nature on human endeavor. The Tibetan Plateau has an average altitude of over 4,000 meters with many world-famous mountain ranges renowned for their elevation, relative young age and spectacular scenery.