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The Heart of the World: A Journey to Tibet's Lost Paradise Paperback - 2006
by Baker, Ian
- Used
- Paperback
One of the most captivating stories of exploration and discovery in recent memory, "The Heart of the World" is an extraordinary journey to one of the wildest and most inaccessible places on Earth--and a pilgrimage to the heart of the Tibetan Buddhist faith.
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Details
- Title The Heart of the World: A Journey to Tibet's Lost Paradise
- Author Baker, Ian
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 544
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date May 2, 2006
- Features Annotated, Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # D-07-3579
- ISBN 9780143036029 / 0143036025
- Weight 1.37 lbs (0.62 kg)
- Dimensions 8.44 x 5.5 x 1.1 in (21.44 x 13.97 x 2.79 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Cultural Region: Indian
- Religious Orientation: Buddhist
- Library of Congress subjects Tsangpo Gorges (China) - Discovery and, Tsangpo Gorges Region (China) - Description
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Summary
The heart of the Tsangpo Gorge remained a blank spot on the map of world exploration until world-class climber and Buddhist scholar Ian Baker delved into the legends. Whatever cryptic Tibetan scrolls or past explorers had said about the Tsangpo’s innermost gorge, Baker determined, could be verified only by exploring the uncharted five-mile gap. After several years of encountering sheer cliffs, maelstroms of impassable white water, and dense leech-infested jungles, on the last of a series of extraordinary expeditions, Baker and his National Geographic–sponsored team reached the depths of the Tsangpo Gorge. They made news worldwide by finding there a 108-foot-high waterfall, the legendary grail of Western explorers and Tibetan seekers alike.
The Heart of the World is one of the most captivating stories of exploration and discovery in recent memory—an extraordinary journey to one of the wildest and most inaccessible places on earth and a pilgrimage to the heart of the Tibetan Buddhist faith.