Front cover image for The Valley of Flowers : an outstanding Himalayan climbing season

The Valley of Flowers : an outstanding Himalayan climbing season

In The Valley of Flowers, Frank Smythe takes you on a botanical expedition to the Garhwal Himalaya. Smythe climbs the Mana Peak, descends into the Byundar Valley, and comes terrifyingly close to an encounter with The Abominable Snowman.
eBook, English, 2015
Vertebrate Publishing, La Vergne, 2015
1 online resource (184 pages)
9781910240328, 191024032X
1066197925
Intro; Contents; Chapter 1: The Valley of Flowers; Chapter 2: The Low Foothills; Chapter 3: The High Foothills; Chapter 4: Approach to the Bhyundar Valley; Chapter 5: Bhyundar Valley: Base Camp; Chapter 6: A Minor Climb; Chapter 7: The Snow Col on Rataban; Chapter 8: On Doing Nothing; Chapter 9: The Snow Peak; Chapter 10: The Second Base Camp; Chapter 11: The Belvedere; Chapter 12: The Bhyundar Rock Wall; Chapter 13: A Rock Climb; Chapter 14: The Lower Alp; Chapter 15: The Abominable Snowman; Chapter 16: Nilgiri Parbat: My Finest Snow and Ice Peak; Chapter 17: Second Attempt on Rataban. Chapter 18: The Banke PlateauChapter 19: Peak 22,481 Feet; Chapter 20: Mana Peak: Reconnaissance; Chapter 21: Ascent of Mana Peak; Chapter 22: A Hailstorm on Nilkanta; Chapter 23: Defeat on Dunagiri; Chapter 24: Autumn in the Valley of Flowers; Photographs