Published: Nov. 02, 2010
Words: 132,994 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781452325866

Description

Eccentric Explorers was Winner of the Biography category at the 2009 Indie Excellence Book Awards, California, USA. In this extensively researched book, the rich culture and history of Tibet are viewed through a rather special lens--through the eyes of ten wild and wacky adventurers, each bent on unlocking the strange riddles and secrets of Tibet.

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Review by: Pat Morrow on Nov. 09, 2010 :
I am veteran of six mountaineering, trekking and biking expeditions to the wilds of Tibet, and have devoured almost everything there is about the history of exploration in this fascinating, beleagured country. Eccentric Explorers is a treasure-trove of tales from a far-away place, and an era erased by the shifting sands of time—and by Chinese invasion. Drawing from his own mad journeys in Tibet, author Michael Buckley brings out the best of both the majestic Tibetans and the Western explorers portrayed.
PAT MORROW, Seven Summits pioneer (Carstensz Pyramid variation)
(reviewed the day of purchase)

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