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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Page 63
... Kali Gandaki Valley , Nepal . illnesses attributed to the blanket of smog that has filled Kathmandu Valley over the last ten years . Visitors to Kathmandu in the early 1970s might have noticed an old storyteller who used to sit in front ...
... Kali Gandaki Valley , Nepal . illnesses attributed to the blanket of smog that has filled Kathmandu Valley over the last ten years . Visitors to Kathmandu in the early 1970s might have noticed an old storyteller who used to sit in front ...
Page 74
... Kali Gandaki , and Annapurna Sanctuary as well as a few other places , but now , as the remaining areas open up , the cultural impact spreads at a greater rate . Evidence of this process is easily observed on the standard trekking ...
... Kali Gandaki , and Annapurna Sanctuary as well as a few other places , but now , as the remaining areas open up , the cultural impact spreads at a greater rate . Evidence of this process is easily observed on the standard trekking ...
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... Kali Gandaki Valley - one of the most scenic and popular trekking areas in Nepal . In a more ambitious mini hydro project the American Himalayan Foundation , OPPOSITE Tengboche monastery , 1912-1988 . based in San Francisco , came up ...
... Kali Gandaki Valley - one of the most scenic and popular trekking areas in Nepal . In a more ambitious mini hydro project the American Himalayan Foundation , OPPOSITE Tengboche monastery , 1912-1988 . based in San Francisco , came up ...
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