TY  - BOOK
AU  - Palin, Michael.
TI  - Himalaya
SN  - 0297843710
AV  - DS485.H6 P35 2004
U1  - 954.5496 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London
PB  - Weidenfeld & Nicholson
KW  - Palin, Michael,
KW  - Travel
KW  - fast
KW  - Himalaya Mountains
KW  - Description and travel
N1  - Pakistan -- India -- Nepal -- Tibet -- Yunnan, China -- Nagaland and Assam -- Bhutan -- Bangladesh
N2  - Having risen to the challenge of seas, poles, dhows and deserts, the highest mountains in the world were a natural target for Michael Palin. In a journey rarely, if ever, attempted before, in 6 months of hard travelling Palin takes on the full length of the Himalaya including the Khyber Pass, the hidden valleys of the Hindu Kush, ancient cities like Peshawar and Lahore, the mighty peaks of K2, Annapurna and Everest, the gorges of the Yangtze, the tribal lands of the Indo-Burmese border and the vast Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh.

Facing altitudes as high as 17,500 feet as well as some of the world's deepest gorges, Palin also passed through political flashpoints like Pakistan's remote north-west frontier, terrorist-torn Kashmir and the mountains of Nagaland, only recently open to visitors.- Google Books
ER  -