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OCR: yak herders) Along the route we visit monasteries that while smal1 and remote, are some of the most important 1 Tibet's history Wide- -ranging moun tain panor amas add beautiful backdrop to historio gompas like Dzinchi birthplace of the l 1th Dalai Lama with its ancient cave hermitages our highest camp next to the remarkable Chokhorgye Mona stery founded by the second Dalai Lama in 1509 There are no "10w elevations on the Tibet tan Plateau, but com pared to other trek Tibet this one mode We'11 hike about five hours day mostly 000 14,000 feet with two pa: sess at about I b 500 feet our descent back to tion through the lovely wooded valle ya Me toktong (valle of flow ers"), known for it profusion of juni iper poplar willows and lodend historic ompas Deinchi ible tions Tibetan otnet nike pepo ...