Himalayan Passage Seven Months in the High Country of Tibet, Nepal, China, India, and Pakistan |
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| Author:
| Schmidt, Jeremy C.
Morrow, Patrick |
| Series title: | Barbara Savage Award Bks. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-89886-262-1 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1991 |
| Publisher: | Mountaineers Books, The
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $22.95 |
Book Description:
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This is the story of two young couples who embarked on a free-form journey through Tibet, Nepal, China, India and Pakistan. Their goal: to circumnavigate the Himalayas by bike, foot, truck by any means necessary, the slope of the world's greatest mountain range their only guide. Along the way they experienced a region steeped in ancient tradition but permanently altered by its confrontation with the 20th century; they discovered all that is exotic and mundane, funny and tragic, and...
More DescriptionThis is the story of two young couples who embarked on a free-form journey through Tibet, Nepal, China, India and Pakistan. Their goal: to circumnavigate the Himalayas by bike, foot, truck by any means necessary, the slope of the world's greatest mountain range their only guide. Along the way they experienced a region steeped in ancient tradition but permanently altered by its confrontation with the 20th century; they discovered all that is exotic and mundane, funny and tragic, and beautiful and brutal about this vast territory.