Setting off from Chengdu, passing by Ya’an and Garze, Chemi Dorji finally gets to the destination, Tibet’s Lhasa.  

The line Chemi Dorji travels is at an average altitude of 3,500m, whose terrain is complex with rugged mountain road and changeable weather. This is the only first-class postal trunk route with no rail.  

Chemi Dorji, head of the driving team in Garze County branch of China Post Group, is an ambitious and responsible Khampa man who has been a messenger along the snowy postal route for 28 years. 

Besides the formidable natural conditions, there are also man-made calamities along this post line.  

Chemi Dorji drove as usual on No. 318 national highway one night in September 2012. He slowed down the vehicle as there was a slope ahead. At that time, a group of ruffians with knives and iron rods came out to rob his vehicle.  

Since many classified files are transferred via postal service. It is stipulated that the postal staff should always put an eye on the large parcels and carry the little ones around.  

Thanks to his good physical quality and wisdom, he successfully kept these parcels safe but himself was seriously wounded. 

When he was hospitalized, he concerned parcels the most. If these parcels were lost, he would be too ashamed to work as a messenger. 

This is the first robbery Chemi Dorji has ever come across for 20 years. He still felt horrible when recalling the incident. Though he survived from the accident, his left hand and leg were badly injured.  

Therefore, he was unable to drive at first and was rearranged to an administration post. Knowing little about computer, he felt talentless. 

After one year ’s rehabilitation, Chemi Dorji finally returned to the driving post. 

Chola Mountain, known for its frozen and narrow roads, cliffs, debris flow, snow slide, etc. adds more difficulty to the mail transportation. 

Every time before he left for work, his wife would prepare enough provisions, like highland barley and beef, in case of road closure and other troubles. 

Quilt is necessary since it is frigid on the plateau. Sometimes he will bring several bottles of oxygen, with which he once saved people’s life. 

Chemi Dorji drives the mail car along the perilous road of Chola Mountain. 

Once he found a person lying on the snow-covered road, he was too frozen to talk. He realized that the person suffered from altitude stress. Chemi Dorji then took off his coat, wrapped him in and took a bottle of oxygen for him to inhale. 

In this way, life of the person was saved. 

Chemi Dorji has done a lot of favors for passers-by, including local herdsmen and self-driving tourists. He said, “I am so happy that I can be helpful when people are in need.”