Touching Upon the Himalaya
Excursions and Enquiries
Aitken Bill
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Editeur - Casa editrice |
Indus Publishing Company
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Asia
India
Himalaya
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Città - Town - Ville |
Delhi
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Anno - Date de Parution |
2004
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Pagine - Pages
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168
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Titolo originale
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Touching Upon the Himalaya: Excursions and Enquiries
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Lingua - language - langue
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eng
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Prefazione |
Harish Kapadia
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Touching Upon the Himalaya
EXCURSIONS
1. More of the Lesser 2. Kumaun's Lesser Mmajesty 3. A Modest Trek with Great Returns 4. Trek to tarang Tal 5. The Shepherds of Nanda Devi Sanctary 6. Nanda Devi Santuary Revisited, 1982 7. Nandakini in the Rains 8. The Rupkund Mystery 9. Monsoon Madness and Seven Lakes 10. The Shining Mountain 11. From Sangla to Netwar Over the Rupin 12. Zanskar via the Sarichen la 13. Gorging in Zanskar 14. A Ride Around Spiti 15. Across Arunachal on a Motorbike
ENQUIRIES 16. A Ramble Through the Himalayan Club Library 17.The 1922 Everest Diary of Dr. T.G. Longstaff 18. Who Measures Mt. Everest? 19. An Enquiry into the Real name of Mt. Everest 20. The Yeti Within 21. A Lateral Approach to the Himalaya 22. A Lighter Look at the Dark Meanings 23."Seen But Not Approved" 24. Pahari Topi: "Where Did You Get That Hat?" 25. Himalayan Railways
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Recensione in lingua italiana |
Bill Aitken was born in Scotland in 1934, studied comparative religion at Leeds and hitch-hiked overland to India in 1959. In 1972 he became a naturalized Indian; he joined the Himalayan Club in 1981 and served as hon. Librarian. After twelve years spent in Kumaun hills he now lives in Garhwal. |
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