Peaks and Lamas
Subtitle: A Classic Book on Mountaineering, Buddhism and Tibet
Publisher: Shoemaker & Hoard
Published: December 15, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781593760588
Subjects: Outdoor Skills; Tibet (China); Mountain Climbing; Buddhism; Sports & Recreation; Religion; Mountaineering; Buddhism - General; Religion / Buddhism; Buddha and Buddhism; Asia - China; Asia, Central; Description and travel
First sentence: THE STORY OF two Himalayan journeys which fills this book presented a peculiar difficulty in the telling, because of the many and sometimes bewildering sudden alternations of mood required of the reader.