Walking the Himalayas
(Book)
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
Format
Book
Edition
First North American edition.
Physical Desc
293 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
915.496 Woo
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915.496 Woo
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
Edition
First North American edition.
Language
English
Notes
Description
Levison Wood's most challenging expedition yet begins along the Silk Road route of Afghanistan and travels 1700 miles through five countries over the course of six months. Following in the footsteps of the great explorers, Wood walks the entire length of the Himalayas in an adventure of survival and endurance. In a personal story of perseverance and discovery, Wood forges bonds with local guides, porters, mountain men, soldiers, farmers, smugglers and shepherds. By travelling on foot, and following the same footpaths that locals use, he uncovers stories that might otherwise remain hidden. Along the way he also reveals the history of the Himalayas and two millennia of exploration, and examines a continent in crisis in the 21st century. Packed with action and emotion, more than anything Walking the Himalayas is a story of one intrepid man's travels in a world poised on the edge of tremendous change.--From dust jacket.
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LC Subjects
Asia -- Description and travel.
Fiction.
Hiking -- Himalaya Mountains Region.
Himalaya Mountains -- Description and travel.
Himalaya Mountains Region -- Description and travel.
Middle East -- Description and travel.
Travel writing.
Walking -- Himalaya Mountains.
Wood, Levison, -- 1982- -- Travel -- Himalaya Mountains Region.
Wood, Levison, -- 1982- -- Travel -- Himalaya Mountains.
Fiction.
Hiking -- Himalaya Mountains Region.
Himalaya Mountains -- Description and travel.
Himalaya Mountains Region -- Description and travel.
Middle East -- Description and travel.
Travel writing.
Walking -- Himalaya Mountains.
Wood, Levison, -- 1982- -- Travel -- Himalaya Mountains Region.
Wood, Levison, -- 1982- -- Travel -- Himalaya Mountains.