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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... Himalayan life undergoing radical change , and a testimonial to a generation of intreprid travelers and the questing spirit that motivated them . Hugh Swift wrote two of the premier Himalayan trekking guidebooks and was universally ...
... Himalayan life undergoing radical change , and a testimonial to a generation of intreprid travelers and the questing spirit that motivated them . Hugh Swift wrote two of the premier Himalayan trekking guidebooks and was universally ...
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... Himalayan travelers . The only reason I remember Tashi Gongma is because Hugh had once spent an entire evening telling me the story of their eighteen - day trip with two pack- horses and a few burlap sacks full of sup- plies for the ...
... Himalayan travelers . The only reason I remember Tashi Gongma is because Hugh had once spent an entire evening telling me the story of their eighteen - day trip with two pack- horses and a few burlap sacks full of sup- plies for the ...
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... Himalaya , and portraits of Kathmandu Valley's most extraordinary expa- triates . Cumulatively , the images are Hugh's " Himalayan patchwork . " His photos are not all perfect exposures or perfect compositions , where everything is ...
... Himalaya , and portraits of Kathmandu Valley's most extraordinary expa- triates . Cumulatively , the images are Hugh's " Himalayan patchwork . " His photos are not all perfect exposures or perfect compositions , where everything is ...
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