The average altitude in the area around the epicenter ... which was 380 kilometers (240 miles) from Lhasa, the capital of Tibet and about 23 kilometers (14 miles) from the region's ...
Mark Williams had to be hooked up to an oxygen tank as he played an exhibition match in Lhasa, Tibet. The three-time ... 12,000 feet above sea level. Altitude sickness is fairly common and ...