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Beneath Blossom Rain: Discovering Bhutan on the Toughest Trek in the World
Kevin Grange
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Description for Beneath Blossom Rain: Discovering Bhutan on the Toughest Trek in the World
Paperback. A travel memoir of the Snowman Trek, a 24-day journey through the Himalayas of Bhutan. Series: Outdoor Lives. Num Pages: 352 pages, 36 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKH; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 426.
In a remote kingdom hidden in the Himalayas, there is a trail said to be the toughest trek in the world-twenty-four days, 216 miles, eleven mountain passes, and enough ghost stories to scare an exorcist. In 2007 Kevin Grange decided to acquaint himself with the country of Bhutan by taking on this infamous trail, the Snowman Trek. He was thirty-three, at a turning point in life, and figured the best way to go at a crossroad was up. Against a backdrop of Buddhist monasteries and soaring mountains, Grange ventured beyond the mapped world to visit time-lost villages and sacred valleys. ... Read more
In a remote kingdom hidden in the Himalayas, there is a trail said to be the toughest trek in the world-twenty-four days, 216 miles, eleven mountain passes, and enough ghost stories to scare an exorcist. In 2007 Kevin Grange decided to acquaint himself with the country of Bhutan by taking on this infamous trail, the Snowman Trek. He was thirty-three, at a turning point in life, and figured the best way to go at a crossroad was up. Against a backdrop of Buddhist monasteries and soaring mountains, Grange ventured beyond the mapped world to visit time-lost villages and sacred valleys. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Outdoor Lives
Condition
New
Weight
426g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803234338
SKU
V9780803234338
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About Kevin Grange
Kevin Grange is an award-winning freelance writer who has written for Backpacker Magazine, National Parks Magazine, and the Orange County Register, among others. He has been to Bhutan four times and has completed the Snowman Trek three times, including twice as a guide. A native of New Hampshire, he currently lives in California.
Reviews for Beneath Blossom Rain: Discovering Bhutan on the Toughest Trek in the World
A highly readable journey of one man's renewed lease on life. -Kirkus Reviews | Beneath Blossom Rain succeeds in merging travelogue with personal contemplation, allowing the armchair traveler to share both the physical and personal journey and taking them beyond a geographic place to a more philosophical one. -Tim Gebhart, blogcritics.org| Entertaining. . . . ... Read more