Chomolungma Sings the Blues: Travels Round EverestConstable, 1997 - 226 pages Combining travel writing with an insight of the social and environmental problems caused by climbers, Douglas examines a region that is struggling to develop and change. It is the story of resourceful and cultured people finding a balance between the new and the old, who rely on the work Everest provides. |
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Page 28
... talk to them for me ? It seemed surreal to be worried about talking to the people I was on holiday to visit . A PLA officer was walking away from the workers , wheeling a bicycle behind the row of buildings . Another soldier stood ...
... talk to them for me ? It seemed surreal to be worried about talking to the people I was on holiday to visit . A PLA officer was walking away from the workers , wheeling a bicycle behind the row of buildings . Another soldier stood ...
Page 41
... talk of cultural pollution , the corruption of values that the money and attitudes of these people affects . Looking ... talking . From behind me came a distant shout , regular and 4I ALL ENGLISHMEN CANNOT BE GENTLEMEN.
... talk of cultural pollution , the corruption of values that the money and attitudes of these people affects . Looking ... talking . From behind me came a distant shout , regular and 4I ALL ENGLISHMEN CANNOT BE GENTLEMEN.
Page 174
... talking loudly as the Sherpas moved quietly around them completing their duties . Dachhiri was letting me win back ... talk was of real estate deals in Seattle , problems in California's Silicon Valley , the difficulties of living in ...
... talking loudly as the Sherpas moved quietly around them completing their duties . Dachhiri was letting me win back ... talk was of real estate deals in Seattle , problems in California's Silicon Valley , the difficulties of living in ...
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Gloria in excelsis | 3 |
Tripping with Kafka and the tsampaeaters II | 11 |
All Englishmen cannot be gentlemen | 37 |
Copyright | |
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