Himalaya. Himalaya ... Translated from the German by Richard Rickett and David Streatfeild |
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... yeti , or rather for the yeti hunters , any amount of financial backing was forthcoming . The London Daily Mail and the American oil millionaire Tom Slick were among those who financed yeti expeditions . By this time Nepal had ...
... yeti , or rather for the yeti hunters , any amount of financial backing was forthcoming . The London Daily Mail and the American oil millionaire Tom Slick were among those who financed yeti expeditions . By this time Nepal had ...
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... yeti can be doing on a glacier is superfluous . As a British mountaineer put it : " The yeti will probably ask us the same question . " Among some of the more fanciful fables about yetis is that they are descendants of Tibetan crimi ...
... yeti can be doing on a glacier is superfluous . As a British mountaineer put it : " The yeti will probably ask us the same question . " Among some of the more fanciful fables about yetis is that they are descendants of Tibetan crimi ...
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... Yeti very timid , ” said Nima , an opinion with which anyone who has ever tried to track down this elusive creature will heartily agree . Yeti tracks are nearly always found in the central and eastern Himalayas , but as soon as the yeti ...
... Yeti very timid , ” said Nima , an opinion with which anyone who has ever tried to track down this elusive creature will heartily agree . Yeti tracks are nearly always found in the central and eastern Himalayas , but as soon as the yeti ...
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The Himalayas Have Many Faces | 7 |
The Home of the Gods | 20 |
The Land of Holy Men | 34 |
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Annapurna Asia asked Assam Austrian Badrinath Bhutan Brahmaputra British Broad Peak Buddha Buddhist Camp CAPTIONS FOR ILLUSTRATIONS century China Chinese Chitralis Cho Oyu chorten climbed cold conquest Darjeeling Dhaulagiri earth Europe expedition exploration eyes feet foot frontier frostbite geographical German glacier gods Gurkhas height Herbert Tichy Hima Himalayas Hindu holy hospitality Hunza Illus India Indus inhabitants journey Kafiristan Kafirs Kanchenjunga Karakorum Kashmir Katmandu King Kinthup Kitar Kumbum lama land later Lhasa living maharaja Manasarowar Manaslu miles monastery monsoon Moslem moun Mount Everest Mount Kailas Nanga Parbat Nepal Nepalese never night Nima once Pakistan Pasang passes Peking perhaps photographs pilgrimage pilgrims porters prayer priests Ranas reached the summit rivers rucksack ruler sacred sadhu Shangri-La Sherpas Shisha Pangma Sikkim snow southern slopes stones Sven Hedin Swiss Tibet Tibetan tracks traveled Tsangpo valleys Vienna village world's highest mountain yeti