Everest: Trekking Map and Complete Guide

Partha S. Banerjee

ISBN 10: 8190327003 / ISBN 13: 9788190327008

Published by Milestone Books, IN, 2006

About this Item

Comprehensive, illustrated guidebook for treks in the Everest region of Nepal that comes with a detailed, easy-to-read foldout trekking map. With some 150 colour pictures and over a dozen section maps (apart from the fold-out map at the back), the guidebook is packed with exhaustive day-by-day descriptions of the popular Everest trails: Lukla-Kala Patthar/Everest Base Camp; Gokyo-ChoLa Pass; Side-trips to Thame, Chukhung and over RenjoLa Pass; Jiri-Lukla walk-in. There is, in addition, practical advice on planning the treks, plus background reading on the Sherpas, the people who live in the shadow of Everest, and an entire chapter on the fascinating history of the discovery and conquest of Mt Everest.

Seller Inventory # LU-9788190327008

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Everest: Trekking Map and Complete Guide
• Publisher: Milestone Books, IN
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8190327003
• ISBN 13: 9788190327008
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New
• Weight: 310 grams

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Synopsis

Everest Trekking Map and Complete Guide

About the Author

Partha S Banerjee, is a journalist, travel writer and photographer for whom the Himalayas has been a lifelong passion. Based in Calcutta, India, he has trekked all across the Himalayas, from Ladakh to Himachal and Uttarkhand, from Nepal to Sikkim and Arunachal, usually accompanied by his wife Shoma, and occasionally his sister Shuvra.