Download or read book Over the High Passes written by Christina Noble and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1987 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christina Noble was fascinated by the self-sufficient migratory lives of the Gaddi, a shepherding people of Himachal Pradesh in the Himalayas. For a year she travelled with them, following the flocks on their traditional route and camping with them at their grazing grounds. Her journey took her through some of the most dramatic terrain in the world: from the plains of the Punjab up and over the high, snowy passes into Lahoul; through the forested Kulu valley to the broad, well-watered terraces of Kangra, in the shadow of mountains towering 13,000 feet above. It took her from spring through to winter, through all the seasonal changes to landscape and lifestyle. And it took her into the midst of the people who had so irresistibly captured her imagination. As she travelled she began to realise why the Gaddi have survived; how their sense of themselves has developed and adapted through the centuries to meet the pressures of today. She came to understand the cultural structure underlying their lives; their history, myths and customs. She made friends with individual characters, and hospitable Deori in Gadderan became her village home. With unsentimental affection, Christina Noble describes the people and places that have become part of her own personal mythology. Illustrated with her evocative photographs, "Over the High Passes" is warmly written, beautifully observed: an intensely vivid and detailed insight into a way of life that is at once harsh and romantic - and unique.
Download or read book The High Sierra written by R.J. Sector and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2009-02-09 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Please note we have a few edits and updates for THE HIGH SIERRA: Peaks, Passes, Trails, 3rd Ed. Please download the edits HERE so your copy reflects the appropriate changes and additions. Thank you.** "The Sierra climbing bible" - The Los Angeles Times "The best field guide to the region." - Men's Journal "The guide to the Sierra Nevada high country." - Climbing magazine * More than 100 new routes, route variations, and winter ascents in this edition compared to the previous * User friendly organization * Author has made more than 350 ascents in the Sierra High Sierra is the most popular guidebook to this magnificent mountain range, and has long been the definitive source of climbing and hiking information for this wonderland. This comprehensive and exhaustive guidebook includes route descriptions, historical information, and GPS-enabled driving directions. This edition rearranged the information to keep roads and trails, and passes and peaks together, making the book easier to use.
Download or read book Exploring The Himalayas written by M.M. Mukherjee and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The water was icy cold and my feet were getting numb so I had to come out of the chilled water leaving my motorcycle stranded.She was still standing upright with the heavy loads without a stand The repetitive calling of the mighty Himalayas was irresistible to Mukul and he set out, away from his mundane living, answering the call, testing his own endurance in exchange of witnessing the un-paralleled beauty of the Greater Himalayan Ranges and high mountain passes of the world . Facing extreme cold and witnessing unfathomed snow desert, he rode on, fulfilling a dream. From hotel rooms to sleeping in tents amidst nowhere, he was driven to live a life only imagined. The journey only proved to be but a learning lesson giving new meaning to his being and his surroundings. Riding through the dangerous Zoji La and the battle fields of Kargil he plunged into the wilderness of Suru Valley, crossing the vast snow desert to the most interior part of Ladakh, Zanskar. Taking head on the mighty Khardung La, he then rode across the beautiful sand dunes of Hunder towards the last village of the country, Turtuk, on Indo-Pak border located very close to Karakoram Range. Meandering through the mighty Chang La and riding on the bank of mystically beautiful Pangong Tso towards Chushul on Indo-China border. He then continued to ride on the bank of Indus River through the painted mountains and high altitude desert to the highest Observatory of Hanley. He tracked his route witnessing the nomadic life of Karzok and magical lake, Tso Moriri and towards the high altitude wild life zone of Tso Kar. Continuing to ride through the famous Moore Plains and the deadliest Baralacha La to the heavenly beautiful Suraj Tal before tracing his route back to Delhi.
Download or read book L Affaire Ladakh written by Reenu Khurana and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 25 years, Miraya is back in the mystic and magnificent mountains of Ladakh to spearhead her “Class of 88” school reunion trek. On her maiden visit to the land of Las and Tsos as a young lieutenant of the Indian Army, Miraya was part of a trans-Himalayan trekking expedition from Khardung La to Pithoragarh. Traversing 1700 KM on foot for over two months, braving exhaustion and a near life-threatening avalanche, Miraya had also bared her soul and cried her heart out for her unrequited first love. The mighty mountains, meandering rivers and mesmerizing meadows instead gifted her renewed joie de vivre. Decades later, in the same landscape, all her deep entrenched emotions, longing and memories surge to the surface. Who was the person her heart had cried out for 25 years back? Why was she to meet him for the very first time in Ladakh? Was the Universe conspiring to bring them together in its veritable vistas? Or Does the land she considers to be the Mecca of Life offer a new insight? Read on L'affaire Ladakh for the affair to unfold!
Download or read book The Mountains of California written by John Muir and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sierra High Route written by Steve Roper and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No ordinary guidebook, Sierra High Route leads you from point to point through a spectacular 195-mile timberline route in California's High Sierra. The route follows a general direction but no particular trail, thus causing little or no impact and allowing hikers to experience the beautiful sub-alpine region of the High Sierra in a unique way.
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Download or read book High Religion written by Sherry B. Ortner and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1989-09-21 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherry Ortner is the first to integrate social scientific and historical modes of analysis in a study of the Sherpa monasteries and one of the very few to attempt such an account for Buddhist monasteries anywhere. Combining ethnographic and oral-historical methods, she scrutinizes the interplay of political and cultural factors in the events culminating in the foundings. [Publisher]
Download or read book A Tale of Two Passes written by William L. Putnam and published by Light Technology Publishing. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Tale of Two Passes, An Inquiry into Certain Alpine Literature, Light Technology Publishing's newest title, is devoted to treasuring the history of Mont Cenis and the Great Saint Bernard passages. Both of these passes were prominently and frequently used by the Romans in establishing and maintaining their empire. It is surmised that Hannibal and his troops found elephant-friendly passages through the Mont Cenis corridor. Both passes were adorned with hospices/shelters near their crest and both now have been by passed by modern tunnels. Despite these similarities, their historic prominence derives from distinctly different events and factors.
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Download or read book Backstage Passes written by Angela Bowie and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having outlasted the gag order that was part of their divorce agreement, Angela Bowie produced this memoir of her turbulent life with David.
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