When the border was reached they were accompanied by a "head man" bearing special Tibetan passports who arranged accommodation for them each night.
We spent the nights in Tibetan houses, said Mr. Cutting. "The hospitality was warm and the people very pleasant, but the rooms were not exactly clean. We did no shooting of any kind on the trip, as it is against the Buddhist religion to take life.
The 325-mile journey took about a month. Mr. and Mrs. Cutting wore golf clothes with leather windbreakers. High altitudes were reached by the party on the wind-swept Tibetan plateau We struck all kinds of weather, added Mr. Cutting. "Rain, cold, warm—then cold again."
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