Trekking Tibet: A Traveler's Guide (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781594852664)

• Thoroughly revised and updated new edition
• Features one of the most detailed histories of Tibetan culture and geography available for travelers
• Includes a new trekking route over a glaciated 19,300-foot pass used by Heinrich Harrer, author of Seven Years in Tibet

In the new edition of this indispensible trekking guide to Tibet, travelers will learn the necessities of pre-trip planning and how to seek out the most rewarding treks in a region of the world few get to visit. New features of the 3rd edition include:

• Expanded section on East Tibet
  
• New five-day trek in the popular Lhasa region of the pilgrimage circuit of Lhamo Latsho
• New trek route over a pass used by George Mallory in 1921 on his first reconnaissance of Everest
• New two-day trek in the Shishapangma region
• Four new treks in the Mount Kailash region


Author: Gary McCue
ISBN-10: 1594852669
ISBN-13: 9781594852664
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Language: English
Published: 10/08/2010
Pages: 397
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 8.47h x 5.56w x 0.83d