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This compilation of the classic mountain exploration books Nanda Devi and The Ascent of Nanda Devi creates a fascinating adventure tale.
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The books of Eric Shipton takes one back to the glorious days of Himalayan exploration when every turn on the mountain trail could reveal a sight, hitherto unknown to human eyes. It is no surprise that some of the grandest secrets of the Himalayas were revealed to probably the most sympathetic, poetic and daring explorers of all time. This book narrates the wonderful and almost fairytale sounding story of exploration of the Nanda devi sanctuary in Garhwal Himalayas one of nature's closely guarded secret. Taking upon the immense gorges of the Rishi Ganga a two man expedition supported by three porters stepped into a land of marvellous beauty never before seen by human eyes. Reading the books takes one upon a blissful journey into the soul of the most beautiful creation of nature.
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16 Jun 2008
It is difficult to remember, in this age of GPS locators, satellite imagery, and helicopter rescues, that less than one hundred years ago, there were still unexplored places in the world. Eric Shipton's forgotten mountaineering classic "Nanda Devi" is a thrilling account of his 1934 expedition with climbing partner H.W. Tilman and a handful of sherpas into the inner sanctuary of Nanda Devi, a heretofore unvisited major peak in the Himalayas of northern India.
The principal obstacle to the approach to Nanda Devi was a surrounding ring of 20,000 foot peaks. The only obvious gap in this wall was the Rishi Gorge, a deep, steep, and narrow outlet for glacial meltwater. The gorge had defeated several previous expeditions, leaving the "goddess Nanda Devi" unvisited by man. Shipton and Tilman, early practitioners of the light alpine approach to climbing, forged a path up the gorge and became the first to explore the inner sanctuary around the base of Nanda Devi. Shipton recounts how the men raced a dwindling food supply and the approaching monsoon season to solve a serious of cliffs, narrow ledges, and repeated crossings of a raging river.
Shipton and Tilman, forced to leave Nanda Devi before the monsoon made their route impassible, then decided to traverse the Badrinath-Kedarnath watersheds in northern India to see if they were in fact linked. Their traverse required climbing one glacier, crossing a 20,000 foot col, and descending another glacier and miles of extremely steep, jungle-covered mountainside, on a hunch and an ancient legend that their route might lead back to human habitation. The men, beyond the reach of any possible outside assistance, were reduced to eating bamboo shoots and mushrooms, while dead-reckoning through a pathless wilderness. Having survived, they determined on a post-monsoon return to Nanda Devi and an approach to the mountain itself.
Shipton writes in a matter-of-fact, often ironic and humorous style. His respect for his traveling companions is obvious and it is easy to lose sight of the significant risks he and his party were running. Shipton's observations of northern India would make a delightful travelogue all by themselves. The text includes a handful of photographs and a large-scale sketchmap.
"Nanda Devi" is very highly recommended as an enthralling classic of exploration and climbing.
The principal obstacle to the approach to Nanda Devi was a surrounding ring of 20,000 foot peaks. The only obvious gap in this wall was the Rishi Gorge, a deep, steep, and narrow outlet for glacial meltwater. The gorge had defeated several previous expeditions, leaving the "goddess Nanda Devi" unvisited by man. Shipton and Tilman, early practitioners of the light alpine approach to climbing, forged a path up the gorge and became the first to explore the inner sanctuary around the base of Nanda Devi. Shipton recounts how the men raced a dwindling food supply and the approaching monsoon season to solve a serious of cliffs, narrow ledges, and repeated crossings of a raging river.
Shipton and Tilman, forced to leave Nanda Devi before the monsoon made their route impassible, then decided to traverse the Badrinath-Kedarnath watersheds in northern India to see if they were in fact linked. Their traverse required climbing one glacier, crossing a 20,000 foot col, and descending another glacier and miles of extremely steep, jungle-covered mountainside, on a hunch and an ancient legend that their route might lead back to human habitation. The men, beyond the reach of any possible outside assistance, were reduced to eating bamboo shoots and mushrooms, while dead-reckoning through a pathless wilderness. Having survived, they determined on a post-monsoon return to Nanda Devi and an approach to the mountain itself.
Shipton writes in a matter-of-fact, often ironic and humorous style. His respect for his traveling companions is obvious and it is easy to lose sight of the significant risks he and his party were running. Shipton's observations of northern India would make a delightful travelogue all by themselves. The text includes a handful of photographs and a large-scale sketchmap.
"Nanda Devi" is very highly recommended as an enthralling classic of exploration and climbing.
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