Re: The railway across the roof of the world

Hi,

As usual, the media machine is in operation.

Having personally cycled across tibet, reaching 5500 m on a bicycle I
understand what altitude sickness does and why it can be fatal.

I also use a bombadier train on a daily basis in the uk. All I can say
is that its a tradegy waiting to happen. Bombadier can't even get the
automatic toilets to work, never mind providing pressurised containers
for a hugh journey across the most challenging roof of the world.

The line should never have been built, not because of preserving the
tibetan way of life, but the realitys of maintaing the safety and
security of its passengers.

The roads in tibet are constantly being rebuilt due to landslides and
erosion. I do believe parts of the track are based on semi-permanent
glacier floors.

If a human is dropped from sea level to 3500 m, it takes days to
climatise, with bouts of semi sickness.

If a human is dropped from sea level to 5000m, the result is death in
the next 24 hours.

In these times of terrorism, anything can happen. This rail line will
be carrying mostly western based toursists. It will be the next
trans-siberian "must have" experience.

I'll let you decide the outcome.

.

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