Trekking Tibet: A Traveler's Guide, 3rd Edition (3rd Edition)

* Thoroughly revised and updated new edition* Features one of the most detailed histories of Tibetan culture and geography available for travelers* Includes a new trekking route over a glaciated 19,300-foot pass used by H einrich H arrer, author of Seven Years in TibetIn the new edition of this indispensible trekking guide to Tibet, travelers will learn the necessities of pre-trip planning and how to seek out the most rewarding treks in a region of the world few get to visit.

New features of the 3rd edition include:> Expanded section on East Tibet> New five-day trek in the popular Lhasa region of the pilgrimage circuit of Lhamo Latsho> New trek route over a pass used by G eorge Mallory in 1921 on his first reconnaissance of Everest> New two-day trek in the Shishapangma region> Four new treks in the Mount Kailash region