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Nanda Devi : a journey to the last sanctuary

This book was copied from the amazing and wonderful PAHAR: Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset, a labor of love by two dedicated and talented historians. We encourage you to visit them, and subscribe to their list for updates on new books as they are uploaded. · xvi, 125 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : 26 cm · Until 1934 the Nanda Devi Sanctuary had never been penetrated by human beings. Since then, only a handful of expeditions have ever entered the Sanctuary. In 2000 the Sanctuary was entered for one single visit. Hugh Thomson was offered a place on this unique expedition and the journey forms the basis of this book · Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-117) and index

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