{"product_id":"9780898863437","title":"Himalayan Passage: Seven Months in the High Country of Tibet, Nepal, China, India, and Pakistan","description":"\u003cp\u003e* Winner of the first Barbara Savage Memorial Award \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Stunning color photos of the journey \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Look into the heart of the top of the world \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of two young couples who embarked on a free-form journey through Tibet, Nepal, China, India and Pakistan. Their goal: to circumnavigate the Himalayas by bike, foot, truck by any means necessary, the slope of the world's greatest mountain range their only guide. Along the way they experienced a region steeped in ancient tradition but permanently altered by its confrontation with the 20th century; they discovered all that is exotic and mundane, funny and tragic, and beautiful and brutal about this vast territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeremy Schmidt's humorous, evocative narrative recounts bureaucrats, knife-wielding Khampas, lamas-in-training, and mystics of every stripe. With stunning photographs by Patrick Morrow, \u003ci\u003eHimalayan Passage\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a place imbued with meaning and reality far beyond anything in the world below: the mysterious, turbulent Himalayas, the gates to God. Also available in hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mountaineers Books, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016320467184,"sku":"9780898863437","price":17.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780898863437_p0.gif?v=1763862992","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780898863437","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}