Lubum, from Rebgong, recounts when his elder brother, Pema Dondrup, set out on foot for pilgrimage to Lhasa when he was young. As a monk at Rongwo Monastery in the old society, he was a student and novice of the nephew of the 6^th Rebgong Gyabgön. At the age of 19, he set out on foot for Lhasa with a group of monks from Rongwo Monastery. Near the Riwo Ding mountain pass, they were caught in snow for several days. Pema Dondrup suffered from frostbite on his foot and they had to remain behind. However, since their supplies were running low, he had his companions go on without him and he remained for a couple of days. Then a lama from Domé with his entourage saw him, treated his foot, and he set off once again for Lhasa with them.