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The last river : the tragic race for Shangri-la

Title: The last river : the tragic race for Shangri-la / by Todd Balf.
Author: Balf, Todd.
Publication: New York : Crown Publishers, ©2000.

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Description

293 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"In October 1998 an American whitewater paddling team traveled deep into the Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet to run the Yarlung Tsangpo, known in paddling circles as the "Everest of rivers." On day 12 of that trip, the team's ace paddler, one of four kayakers on the river, launched off an eight-foot waterfall and flipped. He and his overturned kayak spilled into the heart of the thunderous "freight training" river and were swept downstream, never to be seen again. The "Last River" is an account of this ill-fated expedition, an exploration of what propelled these kayakers to take on the seething big water and perilous Himalayan terrain of the deepest gorge on the planet."--Jacket.

Subject

Genre/Form

Nonfiction.

Note

Includes index.

ISBN

0609606255
9780609606254
060980801X
9780609808016

LCCN

00031421

OCLC

ocm43929667
43929667
SCSB-1134963

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library