Stones of Silence: Journeys in the HimalayaSchaller's tale of his Himalyan treks (1969-1975) to assess the effect of humans on the habitat of wild sheep and goats. He describes, also, a less known area--the Nilgiri Hills at the tip of the subcontinent. No bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Page 73
... five centuries , the high valleys retain their wildness , both in landscape and in people . It drizzled in the morning . This area receives some of the summer monsoon which sweeps across India and penetrates the southern flanks of the ...
... five centuries , the high valleys retain their wildness , both in landscape and in people . It drizzled in the morning . This area receives some of the summer monsoon which sweeps across India and penetrates the southern flanks of the ...
Page 103
... five days , stopped the team at 25,500 feet . There one climber , Art Gilkey , collapsed with phlebitis , bloodclots in legs and lungs . Immediate evacuation was essential if his life was to be saved . Kenneth Mason in his book Abode of ...
... five days , stopped the team at 25,500 feet . There one climber , Art Gilkey , collapsed with phlebitis , bloodclots in legs and lungs . Immediate evacuation was essential if his life was to be saved . Kenneth Mason in his book Abode of ...
Page 189
... five had died on another expedition , the year before that , six on Mount Everest , and so on , each year taking a frightful toll . Let foreign climbers carry their own loads to the high camps . Why decimate a valuable tribe to satisfy ...
... five had died on another expedition , the year before that , six on Mount Everest , and so on , each year taking a frightful toll . Let foreign climbers carry their own loads to the high camps . Why decimate a valuable tribe to satisfy ...
Contents
Path to the Mountains | 1 |
Mountains in the Desert | 115 |
Cloud Goats | 150 |
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