FIRST ACROSS THE ROOF OF THE WORLD The First Ever Traverse of the Himalayas - 5,000 kilometres from Sikkim to Pakistan

DINGLE, Graeme[ Mountaineer of International Stature] & HILLARY, Peter[ Renowned Mountaineer ]

ISBN 10: 0340320400 / ISBN 13: 9780340320402

Published by HODDER AND STOUGHTON, London, 1982

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Near Fine H/b [ inscription to top of blank page] Near Fine Dust Jacket [ price-clipped] all else as new, no jacket fade cover is darker blues. 255x185mm. 232pp. First Edition 1982. Illustrated Colour photo-plates. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for Further Details , on book and authors, plus condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: FIRST ACROSS THE ROOF OF THE WORLD The First Ever Traverse of the Himalayas - 5,000 kilometres from Sikkim to Pakistan
• Publisher: HODDER AND STOUGHTON, London
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340320400
• ISBN 13: 9780340320402
• Binding: Hard Back
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sports & Pastimes
  • Mountaineering
  • Travel and Exploration

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Synopsis

FIRST ACROSS THE ROOF OF THE WORLD is the story of a incredible journey. In the days of jet travel and packaged tours, Peter Hillary and Graeme Dingle choose to travel the hardest way - on foot and carrying their supplies - through the toughest terrain in the world: the Himalayas. They climbed and tramped for 5,000 kilometres. It took them ten months. They passed through regions and countries which are merely exotic names to most of us - Sikkim, Nepal, Garwhal, Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir, Ladakh, Tibet - and of course India and Pakistan. They moved amongst three major ethnic groups, and heard more than fifty dialects. They stepped back in time, visiting places normally inaccessible to the outside world, and with a way of life which has remained unchanged for centuries.