The Snow Leopard - By Peter Matthiessen

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Enjoy one of the greatest pieces of travel and nature writing ever written. Go with Peter Matthiessen all the way to Dolpo, a Tibetan plateau in the high Himalayas. This is the acc ount of a journey to the dazzling Tibetan plateau of Dolpo in the high Himalayas.In 1973 Matthiessen made the 250-mile trek to Dolpo, as part of an expedition to study wild blue sheep. It was an arduous, sometimes dangerous, physical endeavour: exertion, blisters, blizzards, endless negotiations with sherpas, quaking cold. But it was also a 'journey of the heart' - amongst the beauty and indifference of the mountains Matthiessen was searching for solace.He was also searching for a glimpse of a snow leopard, a creature so rarely spotted as to be almost mythical. Paperback H 197mm x W 130mm x D 22mm 336 Pages Show more