- Thoroughly revised and updated new edition
- Features one of the most detailed histories of Tibetan culture and geography available for travelers
- Includes a new trekking route over a glaciated 19,300-foot pass used by Heinrich Harrer, author of Seven Years in Tibet
In the new edition of this indispensible trekking guide to Tibet, travelers will learn the necessities of pre-trip planning and how to seek out the most rewarding treks in a region of the world few get to visit. New features of the 3rd edition include:
- Expanded section on East Tibet
- New five-day trek in the popular Lhasa region of the pilgrimage circuit of Lhamo Latsho
- New trek route over a pass used by George Mallory in 1921 on his first reconnaissance of Everest
- New two-day trek in the Shishapangma region
- Four new treks in the Mount Kailash region