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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... week trip , Yangzin served tea and later a simple soup of turnips thickened with tsampa , roasted barley flour . Nothing was decided that night , and as the cooking fire died down the family got ready for bed . After the house.
... week trip , Yangzin served tea and later a simple soup of turnips thickened with tsampa , roasted barley flour . Nothing was decided that night , and as the cooking fire died down the family got ready for bed . After the house.
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... tsampa , but- ter , churupe , and darra ( buttermilk ) by a man whose name he never learned . In neighboring Murshoon ( 20 minutes further on ) , Hugh explained that he was in search of Ngotup from Satak - the man in his photo . He was ...
... tsampa , but- ter , churupe , and darra ( buttermilk ) by a man whose name he never learned . In neighboring Murshoon ( 20 minutes further on ) , Hugh explained that he was in search of Ngotup from Satak - the man in his photo . He was ...
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... and a row of torma figures ( molded pieces of tsampa mixed with water ) decorated with thin pats of butter . A tremendous pile of sheep horns lay nearby , some carved with Tibetan through a green valley bordered by purple clothing , the.
... and a row of torma figures ( molded pieces of tsampa mixed with water ) decorated with thin pats of butter . A tremendous pile of sheep horns lay nearby , some carved with Tibetan through a green valley bordered by purple clothing , the.
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