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Author : Bill Aitken
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9780140240450
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (44 download)
Download or read book The Nanda Devi Affair written by Bill Aitken and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 1994 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author's travel impressions of Uttar Khand Region and Hindu shrines in the region.
Author : John Roskelley
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 9780898867398
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (673 download)
Download or read book Nanda Devi written by John Roskelley and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1976, John Roskelley joined an expedition to climb Nanda Devi, a 26,645-foot peak in India's remote northwest frontier. What unfolded during this climb was a story of strong emotion, conflicting ambitions, death and victory, desire and regret. This is the story of Willi Unsoeld, the expedition leader who supported the participation of his young daughter, who was named after the mountain they were climbing.
Author : Bill Aitken
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
ISBN 13 : 9788178240527
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Footloose in the Himalaya written by Bill Aitken and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on 2003 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Aitken, Travel In The Himalaya Is As Much About The Spirit As About Landscapes, Leeches, And Aching Knees. His Intimate Knowledge Of The Himalaya, Absorbed Through A Lifetime Makes This Volume More A Native`S Account Than A Traveller`S.
Author : Eric Shipton
Publisher : Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1910240168
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Nanda Devi written by Eric Shipton and published by Vertebrate Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'When a man is conscious of the urge to explore, not all the arduous journeyings, the troubles that will beset him and the lack of material gains from his investigations will stop him.' Nanda Devi is one of the most inaccessible mountains in the Himalaya. It is surrounded by a huge ring of peaks, among them some of the highest mountains in the Indian Himalaya. For fifty years the finest mountaineers of the early twentieth century had repeatedly tried and failed to reach the foot of the mountain. Then, in 1934, Eric Shipton and H. W. Tilman found a way in. Their 1934 expedition is regarded as the epitome of adventurous mountain exploration. With their three tough and enthusiastic Sherpa companions Angtharkay, Kusang and Pasang, they solved the problem of access to the Nanda Devi Sanctuary. They crossed difficult cols, made first ascents and explored remote, uninhabited valleys, all of which is recounted in Shipton's wonderfully vivid Nanda Devi - a true evocation of Shipton's enduring spirit of adventure and one of the most inspirational travel books ever written.
Author : Bill Aitken
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9780144000616
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Sri Sathya Sai Baba written by Bill Aitken and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed travel writer and self-described 'spiritual nomad', Bill Aitken tells us why so many - royalty, wealthy industrialists, influential politicians, as well as the poor - flock to Puttaparthi. Sai Baba's message, he reveals, can be summed up in one word: love. It is as simple as it is profound, not unlike how his devotees see the Sai himself - the embodiment of deep spirituality wedded to simplicity, elegance and grace. Yet, the Sai phenomenon is less about producing vibhuti from thin air and more about modern-day miracles - miracles like free schools and universities, super-speciality hospitals which provide free treatment to all and revolutionary projects like the one which has brought drinking water to a million villagers in drought-prone Rayalseema. Aitken's study is neither a hagiographic exercise in myth-making nor a dry, objective account of the Sai's life. While never shy of expressing his deep love and reverence for Sai Baba, he squarely confronts the controversies and criticisms which inevitably dog those who claim acquaintance with the holy.
Author : Maurice Isserman
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300164203
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Fallen Giants written by Maurice Isserman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first comprehensive history of Himalayan mountaineering in 50 years, the authors offer detailed, original accounts of the most significant climbs since the 1890s, and they compellingly evoke the social and cultural worlds that gave rise to those expeditions.
Author : Stephen Alter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1628725427
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (287 download)
Download or read book Becoming a Mountain written by Stephen Alter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed as a "wondrous book" by Gretel Ehrlich, and winner of the Kekoo Naoroji Book Award for Himalayan Literature—a journey of healing that becomes a pilgrimage for the soul. Stephen Alter was raised by American missionary parents in the hill station of Mussoorie, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where he and his wife, Ameeta, now live. Their idyllic existence was brutally interrupted when four armed intruders invaded their house and viciously attacked them, leaving them for dead. The violent assault and the trauma of almost dying left him questioning assumptions he had lived by since childhood. For the first time, he encountered the face of evil and the terror of the unknown. He felt like a foreigner in the land of his birth. This book is his account of a series of treks he took in the high Himalayas following his convalescence—to Bandar Punch (the monkey’s tail), Nanda Devi, the second highest mountain in India, and Mt. Kailash in Tibet. He set himself this goal to prove that he had healed mentally as well as physically and to re-knit his connection to his homeland. Undertaken out of sorrow, the treks become a moving soul journey, a way to rediscover mountains in his inner landscape. Weaving together observations of the natural world, Himalayan history, folklore and mythology, as well as encounters with other pilgrims along the way, Stephen Alter has given us a moving meditation on the solace of high places, and on the hidden meanings and enduring mystery of mountains.
Author : Hugh Thomson
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 0297865358
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (978 download)
Download or read book Nanda Devi written by Hugh Thomson and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2010-12-16 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of an amazing journey to one of the remotest, most mysterious places on earth Until 1934 the Nanda Devi Sanctuary had never been visited by human beings. Surrounded by 20,000 foot peaks which effectively seal off the mountain at their centre it is virtually impenetrable. But in 1934 Eric Shipton and Bill Tilman solved the problem in the first of their great Himalayan expeditions by forcing a way up the river gorge. The onset of war meant that the Sanctuary remained un-visited for many years and it was then closed to travellers for political reasons. After a brief period in the seventies when it was opened for expeditions the Indian Government again closed the Sanctuary. In 2000 the Sanctuary was entered for one single visit. Hugh Thomson was offered a place on this unique expedition led by Eric Shipton's son, John Shipton and the great Indian mountaineer, Colonel Kumar. This journey forms the basis of the book. Woven through it are all the amazing stories that surround the mountain - a powerful blend of myths and politics.
Author : Hugh Thomson
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0297865358
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (978 download)
Download or read book Nanda Devi written by Hugh Thomson and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-12-16 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of an amazing journey to one of the remotest, most mysterious places on earth Until 1934 the Nanda Devi Sanctuary had never been visited by human beings. Surrounded by 20,000 foot peaks which effectively seal off the mountain at their centre it is virtually impenetrable. But in 1934 Eric Shipton and Bill Tilman solved the problem in the first of their great Himalayan expeditions by forcing a way up the river gorge. The onset of war meant that the Sanctuary remained un-visited for many years and it was then closed to travellers for political reasons. After a brief period in the seventies when it was opened for expeditions the Indian Government again closed the Sanctuary. In 2000 the Sanctuary was entered for one single visit. Hugh Thomson was offered a place on this unique expedition led by Eric Shipton's son, John Shipton and the great Indian mountaineer, Colonel Kumar. This journey forms the basis of the book. Woven through it are all the amazing stories that surround the mountain - a powerful blend of myths and politics.
Author : M. S. Kohli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Spies in the Himalayas written by M. S. Kohli and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spies in the Himalayas chronicles for the first time the details of these expeditions sanctioned by U.S. and Indian intelligence, telling the story of clandestine climbs and hair-raising exploits. Led by legendary Indian mountaineer Mohan S. Kohli, conqueror of Everest, the mission was beset by hazardous climbs, weather delays, aborted attempts, and even missing radioactive materials that may or may not still pose contamination threat to Indian rivers.
Author : Abraham Eraly
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 0670084786
Total Pages : 954 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The First Spring written by Abraham Eraly and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2011 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mehru Jaffer
Publisher : Penguin Global
ISBN 13 : 9780143067689
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (676 download)
Download or read book The Book of Muhammad written by Mehru Jaffer and published by Penguin Global. This book was released on 2010-06-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Muhammad recounts Muhammad's journey-his early struggles to bring his message to the people in Mecca, the Revelation, his flight to Medina and the establishment of Islam and an ideal city-state there, and his triumphant return to Mecca. Mehru Jaffer's own search to understand the teachings of Islam inform this lucid yet profound retelling of the life of one of the most mesmerizing figures to walk this earth, thereby making his teachings and spiritual significance accessible to all.
Author : Susan Jagannath
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780648854302
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (543 download)
Download or read book The Valley of Flowers written by Susan Jagannath and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-30 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Escape to the Himalayas now. Enjoy the spectacular flower-bedecked trails to the highest mountain meadows in the world. Experience the wonder of the mountains and the fellowship in this inspiring feel-good book while safe at home.Find out if the author's fears of killer cows, swaying suspension bridges and altitude sickness prevent her from reaching her goal.The Valley of Flowers was a chance discovery for a mountaineer caught in a Himalayan blizzard. It's now part pilgrimage part wilderness hike, pure thrill.
Author : PKS
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 163669697X
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (366 download)
Download or read book THE CALL OF THE MOUNTAINS written by PKS and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Call of the Mountains is a collection of the author’s adventures and encounters with people, fauna, culture and ideas as they persist amongst the rough and at times hostile mountainous terrains of the Indian Himalayas. “…Amongst the rolling forested hills – plying the terrain over the many ridges and ravines – one could run into sambhar, kakar, wild pigs, and even now, sometimes a stray leopard or two. I had plenty of time at hand, no schedule to keep in the world, and my mind had spiralled down to a quiet, to a stillness, to a sort of singularity with being; when all of a sudden, inexplicable and without any perceptible sensory input that I can recall being aware of, I got a very strong feeling that something was watching me, and that I was not alone...” – ‘Snake’ “…Amongst the clump of trees that lay at the base of the hill, crouching low, almost on its belly, and with its right paw extended but airborne in line with its whiskered cheeks, was a spotted leopard. It stood in that bent-down position, its shoulder bones sticking out, neck extended, and its head inches above the ground; its left hind leg was extended behind it, and its right paw was frozen in mid-air. Absolutely still in that position, it was staring intently at a spot I could not see...” – ‘A Leopard on the Prowl’ The Call of the Mountains Close your eyes and in your mind If you can feel the cold chill of morning dew If you can hear the rush of water and smell the pines Then it is calling out to you too “Charming, entertaining & intelligent - A full bodied Mountain Wine!” - The Himalayan Commission
Author : Chandra S. Negi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788186844229
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (442 download)
Download or read book In the Garb of Nanda Devi Raj Jaat written by Chandra S. Negi and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bill Aitken
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Seven Sacred Rivers written by Bill Aitken and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 1992 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Unorthodox Pilgrimage Along India S Rivers Flowing By Himalayan Glaciers, Dusty Mofussil Towns, Impenetrable Forests And Hundreds Of Tiny Villages, India S Sacred Rivers Harbour Legend, Foster Myth And Exert A Powerful Spiritual Attraction. Drawn By Their Irresistible Mystique, Bill Aitkin Set Out To Discover The Seven River Goddesses For Himself. Not Wholly Prepared For The Range Of Moods He Found Them In-Rivers That Boiled Over With A Furious Metallic Hum Or Were Maternal And Languorous In Their Flow, Rivers That Were Cold And Aloof Or Were Gentle And Seductive In Their Jade Loveliness-He Nevertheless Soon Succumbed To Their Blandishments. Along The Way He Also Learned To Cling To The Footboard Of A Bus, Grappled With Vedantic Unconcern, Failed To Comprehend Krishnamurti, Walked Through Tribal Villages With An Oleaginous Politician In Gold-Embroidered Slippers, Toyed With The Idea Of Becoming Sadhu, Changed His Mind When He Fell In Love, And Questioned The Myth Of Indian Spirituality& Spanning Thirty Years Of Journeying, Seven Sacred Rivers Is An Absorbing, Witty And Informative Travelogue Which Also Serves As A Survival Guide To An Undiscovered India.
Author : Maurice Herzog
Publisher : Vintage Classic
ISBN 13 : 9780099541462
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (414 download)
Download or read book Annapurna written by Maurice Herzog and published by Vintage Classic. This book was released on 2011 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enthralling account, by the leader of the French expedition, of the first conquest of Annapurna - at that time, and at more than 8000 metres, the highest mountain ever climbed. It is a story of breathtaking courage and determination against appalling odds. In records of mountaineering, in tales of human endeavour, there is nothing so unforgettable as the account of the descent by the triumphant but frost-bitten men, after the monsoon had broken, through the flooded valleys of Nepal. As well as an introduction by Joe Simpson, this new edition includes 16 pages of photographs, which provide a remarkable visual record of this legendary expedition.
