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Author : Alan Hammond
Release : 1979
Genre : California
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Book Synopsis To Climb a Sacred Mountain by : Alan Hammond
Download or read book To Climb a Sacred Mountain written by Alan Hammond. This book was released on 1979. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Christine Taylor-Butler
Release : 2009
Genre : Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
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Book Rating : 559/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sacred Mountain by : Christine Taylor-Butler
Download or read book Sacred Mountain written by Christine Taylor-Butler. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mount Everest - a place of mystery, majesty and unparalleled beauty - rises higher into the sky than any other mountain on Earth. Many stories have been told about the dangers and triumphs of climbing the summit - but few have been written about the Sherpa, the people who have lived on the mountain for centuries and consider it sacred. With stunning photographs and engaging text, Sacred Mountain presents a unique picture of Mount Everest - its history, ecology and people - that will captivate readers of all ages.
Author : Russell Johnson
Release : 1999-10-01
Genre : Body, Mind & Spirit
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Book Rating : 471/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Tibet's Sacred Mountain by : Russell Johnson
Download or read book Tibet's Sacred Mountain written by Russell Johnson. This book was released on 1999-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • The record of a spiritual journey through an extraordinary land, and of the devoted pilgrims who seek to climb Mount Kailas. • Two Americans recount their experiences during the sacred pilgrimage to one of the most remote places on Earth. • With more than 100 color photographs that capture the awe-inspiring landscape and the tireless determination of the pilgrims. In a remote corner of western Tibet, in one of the highest, most pristine places on Earth, rises a sublime snow-clad pyramid of rock and snow--Mount Kailas. To Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims this 22,028-foot mountain is the throne of the gods, the "Navel of the Earth," the place where the divine takes earthly form. For more than a thousand years these pilgrims have journeyed here to pay homage to the mountain's mystery, circumambulating it in an ancient ritual of devotion that continues to the present day. Spinning prayer wheels, chanting mantras, and prostrating themselves at shrines, the pilgrims make the arduous climb toward the physical and emotional high point of the journey, the lofty pass known as the Dolma La. With spectacular color photography and vivid travel writing, Tibet's Sacred Mountain provides a stunning account of this awe-inspiring landscape, and of the variety, vitality, and sheer determination of the pilgrims who venture there. Both photographer Russell Johnson and writer Kerry Moran have made the difficult pilgrimage around the mountain several times. Tibet's Sacred Mountain is the record of their inspiring journey that opens a window on a magical land of pure light and dazzling color where the temporal and the eternal unite and where every feature of the landscape holds its own divinity.
Author : Edward Bernbaum
Release : 2022-03-10
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 744/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sacred Mountains of the World by : Edward Bernbaum
Download or read book Sacred Mountains of the World written by Edward Bernbaum. This book was released on 2022-03-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating exploration of the symbolism of mountains in the mythologies, religions, literature, and art of cultures around the world.
Author : Peter Boardman
Release : 2013-10-01
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 775/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sacred Summits by : Peter Boardman
Download or read book Sacred Summits written by Peter Boardman. This book was released on 2013-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mountaintops have long been seen as sacred places, home to gods and dreams. In one climbing year Peter Boardman visited three very different sacred mountains. He began on the South Face of the Carstensz Pyramid in New Guinea. This is the highest point between the Andes and the Himalaya, and one of the most inaccessible, rising above thick jungle inhabited by warring Stone Age tribes. During the spring Boardman made a four-man, oxygen-free attempt on the world's third highest peak, Kangchenjunga. Hurricane-force winds beat back their first two bids on the unclimbed North Ridge, but they eventually stood within feet of the summit – leaving the final few yards untrodden in deference to the inhabiting deity. In October, he climbed the mountain most sacred to the Sherpas: the twin-summited Gauri Sankar. Renowned for its technical difficulty and spectacular profile, it is aptly dubbed the Eiger of the Himalaya and Boardman's first ascent took a gruelling twenty-three days. Three sacred mountains, three very different expeditions, all superbly captured by Boardman in Sacred Summits , his second book, first published shortly after his death in 1982. Combining the excitement of extreme climbing with acute observation of life in the mountains, this is an amusing, dramatic, poignant and thought-provoking book. Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker died on Everest in 1982, whilst attempting a new and unclimbed line. Both men were superb mountaineers and talented writers. Their literary legacy lives on through the Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature, established by family and friends in 1983 and presented annually to the author or co-authors of an original work which has made an outstanding contribution to mountain literature.
