Peter Matthiessen The Snow Leopard Paperback Book

One of the greatest pieces of travel and nature writing ever written, this is the true story of a journey to the high Himalayas in search of the snow leopard. In 1973 Matthiessen made the 250mile trek to the dazzling Tibetan plateau of Dolpo, as part of an expedition to study wild blue sheep. It was an arduous, sometimes dangerous, physical endeavour exertion, blisters, blizzards, endless negotiations with sherpas, quaking cold. But it was also a journey of the heart. Amongst the beauty and indifference of the mountains Matthiessen was searching for solace. He was also searching for a glimpse of a snow leopard, a creature so rarely spotted as to be almost mythical. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD MABEYA beautiful book, and worthy of the mountains he is among Paul Theroux | Peter Matthiessen The Snow Leopard Paperback Book