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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An American Odyssey in the Himalayas Eric Hansen. monastery marked the end of their journey and heralded a return to the world of roads and villages ... monastery , Zanskar , Ladakh . scree slopes . Poplar trees , vegetable gardens , and 56.
An American Odyssey in the Himalayas Eric Hansen. monastery marked the end of their journey and heralded a return to the world of roads and villages ... monastery , Zanskar , Ladakh . scree slopes . Poplar trees , vegetable gardens , and 56.
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... monastery . Constructed in 1912 , the monastery , one of the most beautiful and transporting buildings in the Himalayas , was situated on a spur just beneath the magnificent peak of Ama Dablam . The head lama was lukewarm about the idea ...
... monastery . Constructed in 1912 , the monastery , one of the most beautiful and transporting buildings in the Himalayas , was situated on a spur just beneath the magnificent peak of Ama Dablam . The head lama was lukewarm about the idea ...
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... monastery went up in flames a small group of Hugh Swift's friends , without any publicity , managed to completely rebuild a seventeenth - century Tibetan Buddhist monastery . The organiz- ers recognized the importance of guarding the ...
... monastery went up in flames a small group of Hugh Swift's friends , without any publicity , managed to completely rebuild a seventeenth - century Tibetan Buddhist monastery . The organiz- ers recognized the importance of guarding the ...
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