description: Enjoy this special edition hardback of one of the greatest pieces of travel and nature writing ever written. Go with Peter Matthiessen all the way to Dolpo, a Tibetan plateau in the high Himalayas.This is the account of a journey to the dazzling Tibetan plateau of Dolpo in the high Himalayas. In 1973 Matthiessen made the 250-mile trek to Dolpo, as part of an expedition to study wild blue sheep. It was an arduous, sometimes dangerous, physical exertion, blisters, blizzards, endless negotiations with sherpas, quaking cold. But it was also a 'journey of the heart' - among the beauty and indifference of the mountains Matthiessen was searching for solace. He was also searching for a glimpse of a snow leopard, a creature so rarely spotted as to be almost mythical.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD MABEY'A beautiful book, and worthy of the mountains he is among' Paul Theroux'A delight' i Paper
language: German
title: Auf der Spur des Schneeleoparden
titlecomplete: Auf der Spur des Schneeleoparden
characters: George Schaller, Peter Matthiessen
genres: Memoir, Biography, Travel, Animals, Philosophy, Nature, Classics, Nonfiction, Adventure, Asia
ratings_count: 17742
places: Nepal
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: National Book Award
category: Contemporary Thought (1979) & General Nonfiction (Paperback), awardedAt: 252489600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Goldmann