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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... Ladakh . Toward the end of summer in 1989 , Hugh and Dhundu Ram arrived in the village of Jispa , a day's drive ... Ladakh . The snows could come at any time , and the men they approached were worried that if they took Hugh to Ladakh ...
... Ladakh . Toward the end of summer in 1989 , Hugh and Dhundu Ram arrived in the village of Jispa , a day's drive ... Ladakh . The snows could come at any time , and the men they approached were worried that if they took Hugh to Ladakh ...
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... Like the other women of Ladakh and Zanskar , she was dressed in a maroon cap and an ankle - length robe known as a cos . She had thrown a goatskin over her shoulders , and puckered leather soles protected the bot- toms and sides of 46.
... Like the other women of Ladakh and Zanskar , she was dressed in a maroon cap and an ankle - length robe known as a cos . She had thrown a goatskin over her shoulders , and puckered leather soles protected the bot- toms and sides of 46.
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