{"product_id":"9780977053674","title":"Yak Butter Blues","description":"Author Brandon Wilson with his wife Cheryl challenge   the \"impossible\" and set off on an incredible 1000-kilometer journey–on foot   across Tibet. Join their adventure from Lhasa to Kathmandu, as they become   perhaps the first Western couple to ever make this perilous trek across the   unforgiving, windswept Himalayan plains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYAK BUTTER BLUES is a remarkable   tale of survival. Alone, with only their stalwart Tibetan horse Sadhu, the   Wilsons face Tibet's ruthless environment head-on: the blistering winds, extreme   temperatures, sandstorms, blizzards, high altitudes and the thinnest of air–made   all the more challenging by exhaustion, hunger, illness, inflexible bureaucrats   and implacable, trigger-happy Chinese soldiers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYAK BUTTER BLUES is a   story of faith–and the kindness of strangers. Although the land and climate   leaves its imprint daily, an even more lasting impression on these adventurers   is created by Tibetan pilgrims, monks and generous villagers eager to share what   little they possess: yak butter tea, the warmth of their family's fire,   camaraderie and a steadfast trust in the Dalai Lama's return. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYAK BUTTER   BLUES is a tale of personal enlightenment. The couple is an invaluable witness   to a Tibetan culture pushed to the brink of extinction by occupation for over   fifty years. They also discover the human link connecting us all, a link that   becomes clearest on a trek that removes the distractions of modern life as it   unveils the truths of \"deliberate travel.\" In doing so, the couple discovers a   sense of greater purpose, wonder, a renewed faith and ultimately what it takes   to endure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilson leads you along on their physical, spiritual and   emotional pilgrimage, through the highs and lows, across this startling land in   this colorful, candid, caring and classic tale, YAK BUTTER BLUES-A TIBETAN TREK   OF FAITH.  ","brand":"Pilgrim's Tales","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008738836720,"sku":"9780977053674","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780977053674_p0.jpg?v=1763881913","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780977053674","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}