Author: Harish Kapadia
Publisher: Indus Publishing
ISBN: 9788173870972
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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The book contains articles covering the author's treks and climbs in the remote valleys of Garhwal during the past forty years, most pioneering explorations. There are stories of crossing passes and climbing peaks, accidents and deaths, personal injury and agony. These articles give an insight into the Himalayan areas, their history, its people and the period of development of Himalayan climbing in India during the last many decades.For a trekker there are various suggestions in this book, for discovering different passes, many unknown valleys, and the history of travel, people, culture and nomenclature of the area. There are invaluable references to hordes of peaks, both most challenging and easy, between 6000 m and 7000 m range. And for an armchair mountaineer there are personal stories, and interaction with climbers of different nationalities.With maps, line sketches, photographs and many references, the book will be an invaluable guide to all present and future mountaineers.
Author: Harish Kapadia
Publisher: Indus Publishing
ISBN: 9788173871177
Category : Himalaya Mountains Region
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Author: Harish Kapadia
Publisher: Indus Publishing
ISBN: 9788173870965
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Author: Tony Smythe
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
ISBN: 1594859159
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 499
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• Biography of a seminal, but often unheralded, figure in high-altitude climbing • Written by his son, Tony, Frank Smythe was himself a prolific author • Important addition to Mountaineer Books’ Legends and Lore series Frank Smythe, like Eric Shipton, is associated with early Everest explorations and was a member of three expeditions to the mountain. At a time when it was ungentlemanly to make a living by climbing, Smythe wrote more than a dozen popular books based upon his travels to high places -- one of them being the first ascent of Kamet (25,447 feet) in 1931, which was the first time any climber had gone beyond 25,000 feet. Two years later, he reached the highest point climbed on Everest (28,200 feet). He also climbed in Britain, the Alps, Canada, and Alaska. He and Graham Brown established two new routes on the Brevna face of Mont Blanc. In short, he has serious climbing credentials. As the title hints, this is a biography by Frank’s son Tony, but it isn’t based solely on personal memories; Frank was away from home for long periods and died when Tony was only fourteen. Instead, this book is based on thirteen years of research: Frank’s parents’ meeting and marriage, Frank’s early school years, his first climbs, his training for various jobs, his gradual rise to fame and fortune, his friendships, his war years, and his sudden death are all covered. Like his father, Tony has a strong understanding of how to tell a story that appeals to both climbers and general lovers of nonfiction adventures.
Author: Harish Kapadia
Publisher: Indus Publishing
ISBN: 9788173870996
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Complete With Several Maps, Illustrated With Many Photographs, Tables Of Road Distances And Trek Routes. This Book Is An Exhaustive Reference Work On Himachal Pradesh.
Author: Harish Kapadia
Publisher: Indus Publishing
ISBN: 9788173871009
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Author: Harish Kapadia
Publisher: Indus Publishing
ISBN: 9788173871269
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Author: Ajay Singh Rawat
Publisher: Indus Publishing
ISBN: 9788173871368
Category : Garhwal (India : Region)
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Reconstruction of the political and administrative history of Garhwal during the period 1358 to 1947.
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Category : Himalaya Mountains
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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Author: William Martin Conway
Publisher: Indus Publishing
ISBN: 9788173871221
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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The present volume is the literary record of the journey of the author giving an account of day to day proceeding.
