the high-mountain lake basumtso is located at an altitude of approximately 3,500 m above sea level.from tibetan, basumtso means a lake between three rocky peaks, here is one of them, its height is already more than 5,000 m. because the thin oxygen in the region has a number of rather unusual aspects. this would seem to be the most ordinary tableware factory in lhasa. pots from a pressure cooker are no big deal. the only thing is that the steel is titanium and the things are of high quality, that’s not the main thing about them at all. an ordinary kettle, the one we are used to using here at an altitude of 4,000 m, will boil at a temperature of 80°. in order for it to boil to 100°, you need a special kettle with a special lid. previously, such utensils were simply not produced here; than you have to. now , with the help of a targeted subsidy, each kettle or saucepan allows tibetan residents to buy a little more than that. for 10% of the cost, such special utensils for high-mountain cooking have never been so affordable here. the secretary of the shizan autonomous region came to searc