Search Results for ‘Nepal’, ‘Travel Writing & Other Literature’, ‘Travel Writing’ - 7 matches found
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| Author: | Maurice Herzog |
| Publisher: | Pimlico |
| Catalogue number: | 59499 |
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Since first publication, when it sold 400,000 copies, “Annapurna” has acquired classic status. It is the enthralling account, by the leader of the French expedition, of the first conquest of Annapurna...
| Author: | Peter Matthiessen |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Catalogue number: | 67203 |
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In 1973 the author journeyed with George Schaller, a field biologist, to Crystal Mountain in the Himalayas, to study the wild blue sheep of the region. They also hoped to see the rare snow leopard, an...
| Author: | Rory MacLean |
| Publisher: | Penguin |
| Catalogue number: | 158009 |
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In the 1960s hundreds of thousands of young Westerners, inspired by Kerouac and the Beatles, blazed the 'hippie trail' overland from Istanbul to Kathmandu in search of enlightenment and a bit of cheap...
| Author: | Sir Edmund Hillary |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury |
| Catalogue number: | 114826 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10 weeks |
All courageous attempts by man to reach the summit of Everest by heading up the northern side from Tibet had failed. The southern approach through Nepal had never before been climbed, due to its impossibly...
| Author: | Stephen Venables |
| Publisher: | Arrow |
| Catalogue number: | 168607 |
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SIGNED COPIES! Stephen Venables is one of the greatest British climbers of his generation and he has now written a full autobiography - Higher than the Eagle Soars - A Path to Everest. He explores how...
| Author: | Jon Krakauer |
| Publisher: | Pan Books |
| Catalogue number: | 73752 |
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In 1996 Jon Krakauer joined a commercial expedition to the summit of Everest. As an accomplished climber and journalist his brief was to cover this new tourist phenomenon: guided expeditions to the...
| Author: | Sir Edmund Hillary |
| Publisher: | Corgi |
| Catalogue number: | 115261 |
| Availability: | Temporarily out of stock: expected back within 10-14 days |
Despite the tourist assault on Everest in recent times there is still no denying the awesome power of this mountain, and staggering achievement of climbing to the summit. For Sir Edmund Hillary to be...
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An Everest Anniversary - Searching for Ghosts
Fifty years ago, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were about to achieve what no other man had yet achieved: reach the summit of the highest mountain on earth. Before this, many tried with no luck.
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No other country has such a choice of multi-day trips through magnificent mountain settings, a mild climate, exotic cultures and friendly people. But if you love wilderness rafting, Nepal is a river-runner's paradise: the Kali Gandaki river combines exhilarating white water roller-coaster rides and spectacular scenery.
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I have the distinct memory of standing high above Thulo Syabru, a ridge village in the Langtang region. The sun was highlighting the magnificent Langtang range we had just trekked through and it had turned into a good day, after a somewhat shaky start. Kay, Hori and I had just walked up 500m of steep mountainside, with over 600m to go.
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Peaks of 8,000 metres, Earth’s deepest valley and a dizzyingly high mountain pass are just some of the attractions to draw you into Nepal’s Annapurna region. Also on offer is a complete absence of cars and a veritable feast, both literally and figuratively speaking, of yak-based products!
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