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Books
Stanfords
United Kingdom
2018
United Kingdom
2018
- Trekking in Tajikistan: The northern ranges, Pamirs and Afghanistan`s Wakhan Corridor
- This guide describes twenty high-altitude treks of 2-9 days in the mountains of Tajikistan, covering the Fann Mountains, Pamirs and northern ranges, plus five day hikes near the capital, Dushanbe, and a 10-day trek in the Afghan Wakhan Corridor. As well as detailed route description and 1:100,000 mapping for each trek, there is a wealth of... Read more
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- The Book Depository, United Kingdom
- De Zwerver, Netherlands
The Book Depository
United Kingdom
2018
United Kingdom
2018
- Trekking in Tajikistan
- The northern ranges, Pamirs and Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor Read more
De Zwerver
Netherlands
2019
Netherlands
2019
- Wandelgids Trekking in Tajikistan - Tadzjikistan | Cicerone
- Guidebook to trekking in Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Contains 21 treks exploring 5 different mountain areas, including the Northern Ranges, Pamir Mountains and Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor. Also includes a handful of shorter day hikes. With advice on trekking, backpacking equipment, permits and visas, and transport. Read more
Stanfords
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
- From the Lion`s Mouth: A Journey Along the Indus
- Shortlisted for the 2020 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award`s Steppes Travel Adventure Travel Book of the YearIain Campbell has been fascinated by mountains for as long as he can remember. In his new book, he tells the story of a journey following the course of the Indus River from its mouth in the mudflats of Karachi through the Karakorum,... Read more
- Also available from:
- The Book Depository, United Kingdom
Bol.com
Netherlands
Netherlands
- Hoger dan hoog. De beklimming van de 8047 meter hoge Broad Peak
- De Karakoram is een van de hoogste bergketens ter wereld en maakt onderdeel uit van het Himalaya-gebergte. Een overweldigende bergreeks die ieder menselijk begrip te boven mag gaan, maar die toch telkens weer de mens uitdaagt.Jos Smeets, Paul Hoekstra, Pa uitje Lahaye, Francois Verhoeven en Nympha Stassen ondernamen een tocht naar de Broad... Read more
- Also available from:
- Bol.com, Belgium
Bol.com
Belgium
Belgium
- Hoger dan hoog. De beklimming van de 8047 meter hoge Broad Peak
- De Karakoram is een van de hoogste bergketens ter wereld en maakt onderdeel uit van het Himalaya-gebergte. Een overweldigende bergreeks die ieder menselijk begrip te boven mag gaan, maar die toch telkens weer de mens uitdaagt.Jos Smeets, Paul Hoekstra, Pa uitje Lahaye, Francois Verhoeven en Nympha Stassen ondernamen een tocht naar de Broad... Read more
Bol.com
Netherlands
Netherlands
- China to Chitral
- In China to Chitral H.W. "Bill' Tilman completes one of his great post-war journeys. He travels from Central China, crossing Sinkiang, the Gobi and Takla Makan Deserts, before escaping to a crumbling British Empire with a crossing of the Karakoram to the new nation of Pakistan.In 1951 there still persisted a legend that a vast mountain, higher... Read more
- Also available from:
- Bol.com, Belgium
Bol.com
Belgium
Belgium
- China to Chitral
- In China to Chitral H.W. "Bill' Tilman completes one of his great post-war journeys. He travels from Central China, crossing Sinkiang, the Gobi and Takla Makan Deserts, before escaping to a crumbling British Empire with a crossing of the Karakoram to the new nation of Pakistan.In 1951 there still persisted a legend that a vast mountain, higher... Read more
Bol.com
Netherlands
Netherlands
- K2
- A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing K2, the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of No Shortcuts to the Top.At 28,251 feet, the world's second-tallest mountain, K2 thrusts skyward out of the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan. Climbers regard it as the ultimate achievement... Read more
- Also available from:
- Bol.com, Belgium
Bol.com
Belgium
Belgium
- K2
- A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing K2, the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of No Shortcuts to the Top.At 28,251 feet, the world's second-tallest mountain, K2 thrusts skyward out of the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan. Climbers regard it as the ultimate achievement... Read more
- Also available from:
- Bol.com, Belgium
Bol.com
Netherlands
Netherlands
- Exploring the Himalayas
- The water was icy cold and my feet were getting numb so I had to come out of the chilled water leaving my motorcycle stranded.She was still standing upright with the heavy loads without a stand The repetitive calling of the mighty Himalayas was irresistible to Mukul and he set out, away from his mundane living, answering the call, testing his... Read more
- Also available from:
- Bol.com, Belgium
Bol.com
Belgium
Belgium
- Exploring the Himalayas
- The water was icy cold and my feet were getting numb so I had to come out of the chilled water leaving my motorcycle stranded.She was still standing upright with the heavy loads without a stand The repetitive calling of the mighty Himalayas was irresistible to Mukul and he set out, away from his mundane living, answering the call, testing his... Read more
Bol.com
Netherlands
Netherlands
- In Pakistan
- Despite warnings of incipient danger, the author and his reluctant wife journeyed to Pakistan to see what had happened to the country that had fascinated him since first reading Kipling in grammar school and that he had come to love through many visits. They were warmly welcomed by old friends and introduced to others who told them of... Read more
- Also available from:
- Bol.com, Belgium
Bol.com
Belgium
Belgium
- In Pakistan
- Despite warnings of incipient danger, the author and his reluctant wife journeyed to Pakistan to see what had happened to the country that had fascinated him since first reading Kipling in grammar school and that he had come to love through many visits. They were warmly welcomed by old friends and introduced to others who told them of... Read more
Bol.com
Netherlands
Netherlands
- Across the Roof of the World
- Wilfred Skrede was nineteen in 1941 when the Nazis occupied his homeland of Norway. Determined to reach a training camp of the free Norwegian Air Force located in Toronto, Canada, the daring young man set off across Russia, Siberia, China, Turkestan and India before finally reaching his destination in far away North America, more than one year... Read more
- Also available from:
- Bol.com, Belgium
Bol.com
Belgium
Belgium
- Across the Roof of the World
- Wilfred Skrede was nineteen in 1941 when the Nazis occupied his homeland of Norway. Determined to reach a training camp of the free Norwegian Air Force located in Toronto, Canada, the daring young man set off across Russia, Siberia, China, Turkestan and India before finally reaching his destination in far away North America, more than one year... Read more
Bol.com
Netherlands
2010
Netherlands
2010
- Beyond the Mountain
- Reinhold Messner calls Steve House the best high-altitude climber in the world today, an honour he declines. 'Being called the 'best , says Steve, 'makes me very uncomfortable. My intention is to be as good as I can be. Mountaineering is too complex to be squeezed into a competition. It is simply not something that lends itself to comparison.... Read more
- Also available from:
- Bol.com, Belgium
Bol.com
Belgium
2010
Belgium
2010
- Beyond the Mountain
- Reinhold Messner calls Steve House the best high-altitude climber in the world today, an honour he declines. 'Being called the 'best , says Steve, 'makes me very uncomfortable. My intention is to be as good as I can be. Mountaineering is too complex to be squeezed into a competition. It is simply not something that lends itself to comparison.... Read more
Bol.com
Netherlands
Netherlands
- Maraini
- Maraini: Acts of Photography, Acts of Low is an extraordinary selection of the photography of Fosco Maraini in a beautifully printed, multilanguage, oversized hardcover edition. Maraini's career as an ethnologist, photographer, filmmaker, mountaineer, writer and professor spans a period of more than 60 years. Perhaps best known for his work on... Read more
- Also available from:
- Bol.com, Belgium
Bol.com
Belgium
Belgium
- Maraini
- Maraini: Acts of Photography, Acts of Low is an extraordinary selection of the photography of Fosco Maraini in a beautifully printed, multilanguage, oversized hardcover edition. Maraini's career as an ethnologist, photographer, filmmaker, mountaineer, writer and professor spans a period of more than 60 years. Perhaps best known for his work on... Read more
Bol.com
Netherlands
Netherlands
- Uberleben auf Allen Kontinenten [Surviving on All Continents]
- These tales range from the author's first mountain hike as a young man in his native Austria and his increasingly extreme climbs in the Alps to expeditions and adventures on all continents, where survival was sometimes only a matter of luck.One chapter describes his first expedition to the Karakoram, in 1961, another the third ascent of the... Read more
- Also available from:
- Bol.com, Belgium
Bol.com
Belgium
Belgium
- Uberleben auf Allen Kontinenten [Surviving on All Continents]
- These tales range from the author's first mountain hike as a young man in his native Austria and his increasingly extreme climbs in the Alps to expeditions and adventures on all continents, where survival was sometimes only a matter of luck.One chapter describes his first expedition to the Karakoram, in 1961, another the third ascent of the... Read more
Bol.com
Netherlands
Netherlands
- PASSIE VOOR EEN BERG
- In 1967 beklom Robert Eckhardt aan het touw van een gids z'n eerste berg; 25 jaar later doet hij in zijn eerste boek 'Passie voor een berg' verslag van zijn bergtochten.Het boek begint met de passie van een klimmer: jarenlang dromen van een berg en hem dan beklimmen, genieten van het graniet in Bergell, de uitdaging van verticale... Read more
- Also available from:
- Bol.com, Belgium
Bol.com
Belgium
Belgium
- PASSIE VOOR EEN BERG
- In 1967 beklom Robert Eckhardt aan het touw van een gids z'n eerste berg; 25 jaar later doet hij in zijn eerste boek 'Passie voor een berg' verslag van zijn bergtochten.Het boek begint met de passie van een klimmer: jarenlang dromen van een berg en hem dan beklimmen, genieten van het graniet in Bergell, de uitdaging van verticale... Read more
Bol.com
Netherlands
2013
Netherlands
2013
- 8000 metres
- In this book, renowned mountaineer Alan Hinkes relates his experiences of climbing the highest mountains known to man; the success and failures, the expeditions and partners; the beauty, harshness and danger of Earth's loftiest environs. The first British climber to reach all 14 of the world's peaks over 8000m, and the 15th person ever to do... Read more
- Also available from:
- Bol.com, Belgium
Bol.com
Belgium
2013
Belgium
2013
- 8000 metres
- In this book, renowned mountaineer Alan Hinkes relates his experiences of climbing the highest mountains known to man; the success and failures, the expeditions and partners; the beauty, harshness and danger of Earth's loftiest environs. The first British climber to reach all 14 of the world's peaks over 8000m, and the 15th person ever to do... Read more
Bol.com
Netherlands
Netherlands
- Sheila's Guide to Ladakh
- Have you ever heard of Ladakh or know where it is located? Even India locals will answer, No, when asked that question. Ladakh is situated in Northern India; a land of monasteries or "gompas" (as they are called here), surreal landscape, surrounded by the Zanskar range in the South, Ladakh range in the North and great Karakoram range in the... Read more
- Also available from:
- Bol.com, Belgium
Bol.com
Belgium
Belgium
- Sheila's Guide to Ladakh
- Have you ever heard of Ladakh or know where it is located? Even India locals will answer, No, when asked that question. Ladakh is situated in Northern India; a land of monasteries or "gompas" (as they are called here), surreal landscape, surrounded by the Zanskar range in the South, Ladakh range in the North and great Karakoram range in the... Read more
Maps
De Zwerver
Netherlands
Netherlands
- Wandelkaart Karakoram | TerraQuest
- De kracht zit hem in het feit dat deze kaart in delen is geplastificeerd en daardoor ook - ondanks de plastic laag - makkelijk in delen is te vouwen. Deze kaart is gericht op de trekkings in het gebied die nauwkeurig staan ingetekend, zo ook de mogelijke campsites onderweg. Terraquest say 'TerraQuest maps are designed and developed primarily... Read more