Hell or High Water: Surviving Tibet's Tsangpo River
A Travel, Adventure, Nonfiction book. Maybe freedom really is nothing left to lose. You had...
A grand adventure-an elite kayaking team's heroic conquest of the worlds last great adventure prize: Tibet's Tsangpo River.The Tsangpo Gorge in southeastern Tibet has lured explorers and adventurers since its discovery. Sacred to the Buddhists, the inspiration for Shangri La, the Gorge is as steeped in legend and mystery as any spot on earth. As a river-running challenge, the remote Tsangpo is relentlessly unforgiving, more difficult than any stretch of river ever attempted. Its mysteries have withstood a century's worth of determined efforts to explore it's length. The finest expedition paddlers on earth have tried. Several have died. All have failed. Until now.In January 2002, in the heart of the Himalayan winter, a team of seven kayakers launched a meticulously planned assault of the Gorge. The paddlers were river cowboys, superstars...
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- Pages: 336 pages
- ISBN: 9781579548728 / 1579548725
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Maybe freedom really is nothing left to lose. You had it once in childhood, when it was okay to climb a tree, to paint a crazy picture and wipe out on your bike, to get hurt. The spirit of risk gradually takes its leave. It follows the wild cries of joy and pain down the wind, through the hedgerow, growing ever fainter. What was that sound? A dog barking far off? That was our life calling to us, the one that was vigorous and undefended and curious. Peter Heller, Hell or High Water: Surviving Tibet's Tsangpo River
This book was interesting, although it wasn't the best writing. It seems written more for kayakers than the average person. I couldn't follow along all of the descriptions of events, and all of the kayakers and porters were quite two dimensional. If you want a similar style book with much better wring, I would suggest The River of Doubt.... I love Peter Heller's writing and this was my final book to read and I've now read everything he's written. This one had great bursts of beauty in the writing that captured the amazing locals of this epic kayaking adventure, but, overall it wasn't as enjoyable as his other works. That said, I did enjoy it, especially the last third.... My initial reaction was how this book suffered from too much drama and how the author inserted himself too much into his observations of the expedition. But towards the end I grew to appreciate the contrast of the petty human drama with the majestic surroundings. If you thought the book suffered from lack of pictures, see here: http://www.peterheller.net/hell-or-hi......
