For many, cycling to Lhasa might be a romantic journey long cherished in their hearts. However, for Li Shuangsheng and his 16-year-old son Li Xuyao, who cycled side by side to Lhasa over 36 days, it was a journey filled with sweat and laughter, danger and surprise, and solitude. Two bicycles, 36 days, 2,298 kilometers, crossing 14 mountains over 4,000 meters, and the persistent challenge of altitude sickness. This was the joyous, energy-filled rite of passage a father gave his son for his 16th birthday.

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