This is the account of a journey to the dazzling Tibetan plateau of Dolpo in the high Himalayas. In 1973 Matthiessen made the 250-mile trek to Dolpo, as part of an expedition to study wild blue sheep. It was an arduous, sometimes dangerous, physical endeavour: exertion, blisters, blizzards, endless negotiations with sherpas, quaking cold. But it was also a 'journey of the heart' - amongst the beauty and indifference of the mountains Matthiessen was searching for solace. He was also searching for a glimpse of a snow leopard, a creature so rarely spotted as to be almost mythical. 'A beautiful book, and worthy of the mountains he is among' Paul Theroux
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ISBN | 9781784876845 |
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Sprache | eng |
Cover | TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, NATURE / Animals / Big Cats, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Mountains, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, TRAVEL / Asia / India & South Asia, Memoirs, Conservation of wildlife & habitats, Wildlife: mammals, Himalayas, Travel writing, Conservation of wildlife and habitats, Wildlife: mammals: general interest, the Himalayas, Fester Einband |
Verlag | Random House UK |
Jahr | 20201105 |
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