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Dec 09, 2012sess430 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I loved this book which won a National Book Award in 1980. The author said to Dr. Schaller (who invited him on the 250 mile hike into the Himalayas), "if I can't get a good book out of this, I ought to be taken out & shot." I think he succeeded beyond his wildest expectations. His description of the foreboding yet beautiful scenery & the feelings it evoked in him is spell-binding. He describes it as "walking into the past."