The Traveler: An American Odyssey in the HimalayasThis loving memorial to Swift is a moving photographic portrait of Himalayan life, a testimonial to a generation of trekkers and the questing spirit that motivated them. Hansen offers a sage perspective on Swift's adventuring career, placing it in the globe-shrinking change of the last 20 years. 56 color photos. |
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... The Traveler will be donated to Seva - the foun- dation that is dedicated to the prevention and cure of blindness in Nepal . OPPOSITE Monks carrying timber , Bhutan . OVERLEAF Zanskar , Ladakh . N THE SPRING of 1983 , I sailed IN from.
... The Traveler will be donated to Seva - the foun- dation that is dedicated to the prevention and cure of blindness in Nepal . OPPOSITE Monks carrying timber , Bhutan . OVERLEAF Zanskar , Ladakh . N THE SPRING of 1983 , I sailed IN from.
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... Bhutan . filled dozens of notebooks with thoughts and impressions gleaned from twenty - five years of travel . Like many others who had launched themselves into Asia in the mid- 1960s , Hugh had succeeded in connecting with another ...
... Bhutan . filled dozens of notebooks with thoughts and impressions gleaned from twenty - five years of travel . Like many others who had launched themselves into Asia in the mid- 1960s , Hugh had succeeded in connecting with another ...
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An American Odyssey in the Himalayas Eric Hansen. Lama blessing pilgrim , Bhutan . he left London one rainy night in search of the English Channel . Twenty - seven - year - old Robyn David- son's 1,500 - mile crossing of the western ...
An American Odyssey in the Himalayas Eric Hansen. Lama blessing pilgrim , Bhutan . he left London one rainy night in search of the English Channel . Twenty - seven - year - old Robyn David- son's 1,500 - mile crossing of the western ...
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