| Himalayan Passage: Seven Months in the High Country of Tibet, Nepal, China, India, & Pakistan Revised Edition Contributor(s): Schmidt, Jeremy (Author), Morrow, Patrick (Author) |
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ISBN: 0898863430 ISBN-13: 9780898863437 Publisher: Mountaineers Books OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1992 Annotation: Two young couples' adventures around the Himalaya by bike, truck, and foot. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Asia - India & South Asia - Travel | Essays & Travelogues |
| Dewey: 915.496 |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 5.97" W x 8.82" (1.10 lbs) 302 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: * Winner of the first Barbara Savage Memorial Award * Stunning color photos of the journey * Look into the heart of the top of the world 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 beautiful and brutal about this vast territory. Jeremy Schmidt's humorous, evocative narrative recounts bureaucrats, knife-wielding Khampas, lamas-in-training, and mystics of every stripe. With stunning photographs by Patrick Morrow, Himalayan Passage reveals a place imbued with meaning and reality far beyond anything in the world below: the mysterious, turbulent Himalayas, the gates to God. Also available in hardcover. |
