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Book Talk: A Slender Thread – Escaping Disaster in the Himalayas

Posted on January 29, 2015 by bNomadic

On the face of it, a book titled “A Slender Thread: Escaping Disaster in the Himalayas” may seem like a mountaineering chronicle or even a war history full of self-driven adventures. This is what I always thought when it popped…

Category: Books, Talks and Rants Tags: Best, Bonington, Book, Climbing, Harish Kapadia, Himalayas, mountaineering, Munsyari, Panchachuli, Rescue, review, Shopping, Slender Thread, Stephen Venables, Trekking, Venables

Climbing up the slope of Bhar pastures

Posted on May 29, 2013 by bNomadic

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The following is a page entry from On Road through the trans-Himalayas. To read complete travel memoirs and trip report, please visit here. Chapter 7 of 22 Previous Post …

Category: Himachal Pradesh, Spiti, Trans-Himalayas, Travels Tags: Bhar, Chau Chau Khang Nalda, Chau Chau Khang Nilda, Gette, Great Himalayan Range, Harish Kapadia, Hikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayan Journal, Kanamo, Kaza, Komic, Lahaul, Langja, Langza, Medicine Buddha, Sham, Shilla Gorge, Spiti, Tashigong, trans-Himalayas, Zanskar