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Adventure
Travels in the Himalaya
John
Angelo Jackson |
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| ISBN |
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8173871752 |
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| Year
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2005
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| Pages |
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256 + 65 coloured plates |
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| Size
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8.5"
X 5.5" / Paperback |
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| Price |
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Rs.
400 |
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| Availability |
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Yes |
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The
Himalayan range is one of the highest and fascinating
ranges on the earth. It contains a rich diversity
of people, cultures, religions and mountains. It has
inspired travellers, adventurers and pilgrims for
centuries.
This book spans a period of sixty years of adventures
in the Himalayan range. It gives an insight into the
range, changes that have occurred and a history of
expeditions and travels in the Himalaya. The book
gives an account of changing environment, modes of
travels and treks and spirit of adventure--how it
has grown, changed and what it is today. It talks
of ski training of paramilitary forces in India undertaken
by the author, and his associations with some of the
legendary mountaineers of his time.
Many of these adventures were undertaken by the author
with his wife Eileen. These are some of the 'dreams
they won'.
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| Foreword
Introduction
1. Burmese Hills and Kashmir Himalaya
2. Overland to India: Facets of a Journey
3. The First People: Kashmir
4. Sonamarg and the Valley of Glaciers
5. Himalayan Traders and a Blue Poppy
6. Yatra: A Pilgrimage
7. Canadians in Kashmir
8. Pass of the Goddess Zoji
9. Little Roof of the World: Ladakh
10. Prophecy of the Head Lama of Mulbek Gompa
11. Zanskar: A Journey in Time
12. Kullu: Valley of the Gods
13. Skis in the Kullu Himalaya
14. Lahaul: An Unplanned Visit
15. Vishnu and the Source of the Ganges
16. Nanda Devi and Trisul: Trident of Shiva
17. Everest and the Elusive Snowman
18. Return to the Land of Sherpas
19. A Sherpa Village and Hospitality
20. Om Mani Padme Hum and Soldiers on Everest
21. Sherpas on Ski
22. The Pass of the Wolf
23. The Wolf-Hunters of Pangboche
24. Everest to Kangchenjunga: Thoughts about a Long
Walk
25. Kangchenjunga: The Five Treasures of the Great Snow
26. ?Five Treasures?: To the Summit or Nearly!
27. Sikkim: Tenzing and a Sacred Valley
28. A Curious Trouser Button
29. Nangpa la: A Kind Act and an Amber Bracelet
Index
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John
Jackson was associated with two major expeditions
of the last century. First it was successful Everest
expedition of 1955. He worked for this team and helped
to achieve its goal. In 1995 John was a member of the
successful expedition to Kangchenjunga (28,208 feet)?the
third highest peak in the world. He climbed high on
the mountain and helped the expedition to achieve its
goal.
He participated in the Daily Mail Yeti expedition and
later made the first solo traverse from Everest to Kangchenjunga.
In between he made expeditions to Garhwal, Nepal, Ladakh
and many other regions.
He has travelled widely on photographic journeys to
Canada, USA and in the Himalaya to Zanskar, kashmir,
Nepal and Indian plains. For 18 years he was director
of Plas-y-Brenin Mountain Centre, a premier adventure
institute, situated in the Wales, UK.
He is a popular speaker at many forums around the world.
He has attended, along with his wife Eileen, all the
Everest reunions. He has been a speaker at the Himalayan
Club Reunion at London. Despite his advancing age he
continues to trek and visit the Himalayan range, his
last visit being in 2005, when he visited Darjeeling
to view Kangchenjunga, the peak he was associated with
fifty years ago.
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