sorrel wilby (55 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: Good. First Edition. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Zustand: Good. First Edition. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Zustand: Good. Signed. Good condition. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light toning. Good DJ with light edge wear and creasing.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Surviving Australia This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

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Very good with very good, price clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket is very lightly bumped at spine tips and corners. A few ink marks on front endpaper map. 236 pages plus 20 color photographs.

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Zustand: Very Good. Picture shown is for illustration purposes only, please see below for further details CONDITION ? VERY GOOD light wear and scuff marks to jacket, pages in nice condition, shipped from the UK.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 224 pages. 8.50x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. Seattle: Cloudcap 1989, first edition, first printing. Fine/Fine. 8.75 x 11.75 in., 160 pp. Successful 1988 Australian expedition to the south side of Mount Everest.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xvi, 236, [4] pages Endpaper map .Footnote, Illustrations (color). Foreword by the Dalai Lama. Ex-library with the usual markings. The dust jacket is in a plastic cover and has some wear and soiling. The dust jacket is taped to the boards. An Australian photojournalist makes a solo pilgrimage across Tibet, through barren desert plains, across sixteen-thousand-foot mountain passes, and into isolated hamlets previously unseen by Westerners, with the aid of Tibetan nomads. Sorrel Wilby is an award-winning adventurer, photographer, and author of Journey Across Tibet and Surviving Australia. Sorrel is an award winning adventurer, author, television reporter, photographer and artist with a passion for both natural & cultural diversity. She is a Fellow of the NY Explorers Club, former Chair of the Norfolk Island National Park Advisory Committee and former Chair of the Australian Geographic Society. She is known in Australia for her role on Getaway, the Nine Network's travel program and the documentary series she made for Australian Geographic, The Best of Australia. She has directed and written dozens of natural and social history documentaries for Wildbear Entertainment and PBS. She has written and illustrated books inspired by her travels and her photographs and travelogues have appeared in magazines including National Geographic. Tibet seems to fascinate many people. There is something about its mystery, the mountains, and the people that draws adventurers. It drew Sorrel Wilby, a photo-journalist from Australia, to it in the 1980s, when, at age 24 she walked 1900 miles in three and a half months from the border to Lhasa, the Forbidden City. She had come to Lhasa in 1984 from China, one of the first people to get a permit from the Chinese. One day while she was in Lhasa, she talked to a man who challenged her; "Now what do you want to do?" he said. "I want to walk across Tibet," she replied. At the time, she didn't know what she was getting into. In 1985, with the help of some friends, especially Jigme from the Tibetan Sports Authority, and with funding from Australian Geographic, she began. She was loaded down with about 85 pounds worth of essentials. She decided to start in Kathmandu, a traditional jumping-off point for Tibetan travelers. Before she left for her journey, she was able to meet the Dalai Lama. She walked up to him, and in typical Aussie fashion said, "G'day! You must be the great Dalai Lama!" She found him "warm and human" and they talked about yaks and her upcoming journey. Before she left he gave her pictures and other gifts, including a red protection cord, which he had blessed, to keep her safe. With little planning, she started her actual trek in August 1985 from Burang, in southwest Tibet near the border with Nepal. She bought a donkey named Budget, who ran off from her the first day. So she jettisoned much of her essentials and she started walking. She quickly found out that it would have been good to break in her boots before she started. She was entranced by the beauty of Mount Kailash, a sacred mountain for Buddhists. She turned herself over to the experience, traveling from one nomad camp and remote village to another, depending on the kindness and generosity of the Tibetans. Even in August, winter was coming, and the days were cold. She joined a procession of pilgrims up Mount Kailash, chanting "Om Mani Padme Hum" (Bless the jewel in the lotus, a traditional Buddhist chant). At one nomad camp, she lost $800, which turned out to have been taken by a young Tibetan nomad man and his wife. She cried when the money was returned to her because they needed it more than she did. As she walked, she grew stronger. She sent some of her belongings ahead of her a few days, and she walked with just a minimum, including her tent, depending on Tibetan nomads for food and shelter. She picked up the Tibetan language, becoming more confident in her conversational abilities. She rarely stopped during the day. "I usually found it difficult to stop for more than five minutes at a time. A restless energy fired my spirit until utter exhaustion extinguished its glow." At one point, she walked 42 miles in 23 hours, because she couldn't find a place to stop. A 1000-mile detour through the northern mountains in the early winter snows added many weeks to her journey. One encounter with a man named Norbor who guided her for part of the way was particularly poignant. He was reluctant to leave his village to guide her, so she gave him a picture of the Dalai Lama. He had tears in his eyes and he couldn't speak, staring at the photo. Then he told her his story: He had spent 17 years shackled in a Chinese prison because he refused to denounce the Dalai Lama. Others gave in to the Communists to lessen the punishments, but he refused, always having faith. He also told her he had never until that moment known whether the Dalai Lama was alive. The last part of her trek through the mountains was the most difficult; she encountered blizzards, blistered cheeks, split lips, and then snow blindness. She and her companions had spent three days walking in a circle! She came out of the mountains and her trek changed; she found herself challenged by the landscape and emotional instability, probably due to starvation and the effects of the journey. Sadly, as she came close to Lhasa, she found out that Jigme, whose encouragement she had been using to prop her up, had been killed in a road accident a few weeks before. She lost heart then and almost didn't complete her journey. But her indomitable spirit carried her through. Just before she reached Lhasa, she came to a beautiful lake. Through her journey, Sorrell learned a lot about herself, including her ability to do what she said she would. She gained some spiritual maturity, using her red protection cord and her mantra to carry her through.