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Where every kora begins.
Darchen, the small town at the mountain's southern foot. Your buddy sets off when your steps do.
Mount Kailash · 31.07° N · 81.31° E
Walk the kora,
one step
at a time.
WalkBuddy turns the steps you already take into a pilgrimage. A small buddy walks the real 47‑kilometre kora around Mount Kailash, over the Dolma La pass at 5,637 metres.
Coming soon to the App Store
Scroll to walk the kora
Kailash at
your hour
Drag the hour to light the mountain, from dawn on the north face to the stars over the pass.
- Buddy
- Darchen
- Km
- 0.2
- Height
- 4,687 m
01 The kora
Scroll to walk
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Prayer flags on the plain.
The great flagpole of Tarboche marks the turn north, into the valley of the Lha Chu along Kailash's western side.
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Under the north face.
Drira Phuk looks straight up at the north face. Pilgrims rest here before the pass, and so can your buddy.
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The pass.
Dolma La, the highest point of the kora, after its steepest climb. In the thin air your buddy slows, as anyone would.
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The long way down.
Down the eastern valley to the monastery of Zutul Phuk, then out across the plain.
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One kora.
Forty-seven kilometres, and the buddy is home in Darchen. The next kora begins with your next step.
02 The app
A companion, not a tracker.
No rankings and no ads. Walk when you can: the buddy rests at camp at night and carries on with your next steps, on your own clock.
Your steps, its walk.
Every step Apple Health counts moves your buddy along the real trail, metre by metre. Steep climbs and thin air slow it down, as they would you.
- StepsFrom Apple Health, and this iPhone while the app is open
- Trail47.05 km with 1,285 m of climbing
- HoursDay and night follow your own clock
Look after it.
Water, food, warmth and air, and a little luck. Things turn up along the way, and kit waits in the storehouse at Darchen.
- Finds169 things to find on the trail
- KitWears with use, and comes again at Darchen
- HelpIt can look after itself, if you let it
No steps today? Watch.
Set the phone down and watch the buddy walk on by itself, from behind or from high above the kora.
- PacesFour, from half an hour to thirteen hours a kora
- ViewsBehind, or above and turned to Kailash
- FairWatched stretches earn less than walked ones
Light a lamp.
Butter lamps burn on the trail for a day, a week or a month, and other walkers' lamps burn beside yours.
- SizesThree: one day, seven days, thirty days
- SharedSeen by other walkers, never with your name
- CreditsEarned on every kora, or from a small pack
Every kora kept.
Each kora you close stays on the map of the mountain with its traces, and its season in the album.
- AlbumPostcards, wildlife and moments from the trail
- WeatherKailash's real weather, at the same hour
- ShareA card of your koras, if you want one
47.05km
One kora, Darchen to Darchen
5,637m
The Dolma La pass, at km 24.4
1,285m
Of climbing on every kora
19,705
Drone photos behind the app's mountain, August 2024
03 Lamps
Light a lamp for someone.
Pilgrims at Kailash light butter lamps for wisdom, good fortune and merit. Light one by the trail here; on this page, it burns for you alone.
In the app, lamps are lit with credits, and other walkers see them without your name. Lamps change nothing in the walk, and no money goes to any monastery or charity.
04 Privacy
Private by design.
Steps stay on your iPhone
Read from Apple Health and turned into the walk on the phone. They are never sent anywhere.
Your walk, your iCloud
Your game is kept in your own private iCloud, encrypted. We can't read it.
No ads, no tracking
No analytics, no account with us, and nothing sold to anyone.
The mountain is waiting.
WalkBuddy is coming soon to the App Store, for iPhone.
Coming soon to the App Store
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