Surfing the Himalayas : A Spiritual Adventure

Lenz, Frederick

ISBN 10: 0312141475 / ISBN 13: 9780312141479

Published by St Martin's Press, New York, 1995

About this Item

FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The engaging story of a young American snowboarder who travels to the Himalaya Mountains to seek the ultimate high and test his skills to the utmost, surfing into a transcendant experience - but also encountering a Tantric Buddhist monk who brings him spiritual enlightenment - teaching him to master any mountain as well as to master oneself. Former own inscription and bookplate. Hardcover with dust jacket, illustrations, 236pp. A very nice copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 00010299

Bibliographic Details

Title: Surfing the Himalayas : A Spiritual Adventure

Publisher: St Martin's Press, New York

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Former Owner Inscription & Signature

Edition: First Edition (stated).

Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis:

The author of Lifetimes: True Accounts of Reincarnation follows an American snowboarder to the top of the Himalayas, where he plows into a Buddhist monk who shows him the parallels between snowboarding and spiritual fulfillment. 100,000 first printing. $80,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Review:

An engaging true story of a young American snowboarder who seeks "the ultimate high" in the Himalayas. But he stumbles on an experience more thrilling than he can anticipate when he becomes a spiritual apprentice to a Buddhist monk...and therein lies the tale...