Research Catalog

Title

Hell or high water : surviving Tibet's Tsangpo River / Peter Heller.

Author

Heller, Peter, 1959-

Publication

[Emmaus, Pa.] : Rodale : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, [2004], ©2004.

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Details

Description

ix, 278 pages : maps; 24 cm

Summary

"In February 2002, in the heart of the Eastern Himalayas, seven extreme paddlers set their kayaks on the sandy beach, squeezed into the brightly colored shells, and stretched their sprayskirts over the cockpits of their boats. With a thrust of their paddles, the seven began what is widely acknowledged as the world's last great adventure challenge : the first descent of the Tsangpo River Gorge." "It is a story of a fluid place where East and West have collided for more than 100 years. Filled with the almost-unbelievable history of the Gorge's exploration, with the physics and beauty of world-class kayaking, with the hydrogeology of cataclysmic flash floods, and with the often-cruel politics of Tibet, Hell or High Water paints the portrait of a grand adventure in a place that time never touched."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Brahmaputra River > Description and travel
• Kayaking > China > Tibet Autonomous Region
• Kayaking > Brahmaputra River
• Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Description and travel

Note

• Maps on lining papers.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-278).

Contents

Put-in -- 1. The assignment -- 2. Lhasa to Pe -- 3. The river -- 4. Tripe to Selung Creek -- 5. Kintup the tailor -- 6. Gyala to Doug's Ledges -- 7. Doug's Ledges to the Spur -- 8. Pemakochung -- 9. The Kondrasong La to Kondrasong La Falls -- 10. Northeast Straits to Pine Camp -- 11. The grand portage -- 12. Gogden -- 13. The Lower Gorge -- Take-out.

ISBN

1579548725 (hardcover)

LCCN

2004014410

OCLC

• ocm55701386
• SCSB-5085048

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries