The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-La
by Balf, Todd
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0609606255
- ISBN 13
- 9780609606254
- Seller
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About This Item
Crown Publishers, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. The Book is in Very Good+ condition. It was the ultimate whitewater adventure on the Mount Everest of rivers, and the biggest challenge of their lives....October 1998 an American whitewater paddling team traveled deep into the Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet to run the Yarlung Tsangpo, known in paddling circles as the Everest of rivers. On Day 12 of that trip, the team's ace paddler, one of four kayakers on the river, launched off an eight-foot waterfall and flipped. He and his overturned kayak spilled into the heart of the thunderous "freight training" river and were swept downstream, never to be seen again. The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-la is a breathtaking account of this ill-fated expedition, a fascinating exploration of what propelled these kayakers to take on the seething big water and perilous Himalayan terrain of the deepest gorge on the planet. This was the magical Shangri-la of legend, a 140-mile-long canyon framed by 25,000-foot snowcapped peaks, a place of unimaginable beauty called Pemako in ancient Buddhist texts that was rumored to contain mammoth waterfalls.
Synopsis
TODD BALF, a former senior editor for Outside magazine, writes for Men's Journal, Fast Company , and other publications. His cover story in Men's Journal on the Tsangpo and the Walker-McEwan expedition appeared in March 1999. He lives in Beverly, Massachusetts, with his wife and two children.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2010024907
- Title
- The Last River: The Tragic Race for Shangri-La
- Author
- Balf, Todd
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0609606255
- ISBN 13
- 9780609606254
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 22 oz
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- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.