Lost Mountains: Two Expeditions to Kashmir

Stephen Venables' passion for cutting-edge mountaineering and off-the-map exploration has inspired adventures around the world -- including an expedition to follow Ernest Shackleton's footsteps in Antarctica and another to climb Everest's fearsome Kangshung Face. Lost Mountains (winner of the prestigious Boardman-Tasker prize for mountain literature when originally published as Painted Mountains) is his gripping account of life-and-death climbing and exploration in the remote and war-torn Kashmir region. This haunting and fragile mountain paradise -- now a hotspot in the political struggles tearing apart Central Asia -- gave Venables some of the most challenging and satisfying climbing of his life. Lost Mountains offers a searing reminder of what is at stake in the current struggle between nations, religions, and civilizations. Above all, it is a riveting story of adventure -- told by a writer who defines the genre.


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