num_pages: 288
description: A grand expedition—an elite kayaking team’s heroic conquest of the world’s last untraveled river  The Tsangpo Gorge in southeastern Tibet, sacred to the Buddhists and the inspiration for Shangri La, has lured explorers and adventurers since its discovery. As a river-running challenge, it is more difficult than any stretch of white water ever attempted. The finest expedition paddlers on earth have tried. Several have died. All have failed. Until now.  In January 2002 a team of seven kayakers launched a meticulously planned assault of the gorge. Accompanying them was author Peter Heller, a world-class kayaker in his own right. Filled with history, white-knuckle drama, and mutiny in one of the world’s most remote locations, Hell or High Water is a grand and riveting epic.
language: English
title: Hell or High Water: Surviving Tibet's Tsangpo River
titlecomplete: Hell or High Water: Surviving Tibet's Tsangpo River
genres: Sports, Adventure, Memoir, Asia, Nature, Travel, China, Biography, Nonfiction, Environment
ratings_count: 772
publisher: Plume