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Yak Butter Blues Brandon Wilson (Author, Photographer)
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Dalai, Lama
“Impossible” was what everyone told Brandon and Cheryl Wilson when they began talking about hiking an 1100-kilometer (650-mile) ancient pilgrimage trail across Tibet. But those “impossibilities” only made them more determined. Their quest to become the first Western couple to trek this path across the earth’s most remote corner was far from your usual travel fare – some even called it sheer lunacy.
Yak Butter Blues is an edge-of-your-seat tale of survival. Alone, with only their stalwart Tibetan horse Sadhu, the Wilsons faced Tibet’s ruthless environment head-on: relentless winds, thinnest of air, blizzards and sandstorms…made even more challenging by exhaustion, hunger, illness, inflexible bureaucrats and implacable, trigger-happy Chinese soldiers.
Although the land and climate left their imprints daily, an even more lasting impression was created by Tibetan pilgrims, monks and generous villagers eager to share what little they possessed: yak butter tea, the warmth of their family’s fire, camaraderie and a steadfast trust in the Dalai Lama’s return. In short order, the couple became pilgrims themselves and invaluable witnesses to a culture pushed to the brink of extinction by occupation.
Along this simple path, the Wilsons discovered the human link connecting us all, a link that becomes clearest on a trek that removes the distractions of modern life as it unveils the truths of “deliberate travel.” In doing so, they found a sense of greater purpose, wonder, a renewed faith and ultimately what it takes to endure.
This colorful, candid, caring and classic tale leads readers along on a physical, spiritual and emotional journey across this startling land — on a thousand-kilometer odyssey once called “Impossible.”
"Wilson observes the impact of the Chinese occupation on the daily lives of Tibetans... Recommended for adventure travel and Tibetan culture collections." ~ LIBRARY JOURNAL
"An engrossing, fascinating read sure to be relished by those readers interested in adventure travel and Tibetan culture. It is also a highly spiritual story of faith which reminds us that nothing is really impossible, that obstacles are often magnified in the human mind, and that the journey is far more important than the destination itself." --Midwest Book Review
"A hair-raising yarn...a high-altitude tale of synchronicity, divine providence, begging monks, trigger-happy Chinese soldiers and dehydration." ~ PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
"You can almost smell the dust and feel the blisters. Worth a read by any adventure or travel-trekking novel enthusiast." ~ BACKPACKING LIGHT MAGAZINE
"A true pilgrimage, one that plumbs the heart of troubled Tibet..." ~ HONOLULU ADVERTISER
"A wonderful and wild read...charged, alive, and a little threatening. Yak Butter Blues flickers insistently like a flashbulb afterimage in the mind long after the book is tucked away." ~ Richard Bangs, adventurer/cofounder Mountain Travel/Sobek
"I came under the spell of Brandon Wilson's lively and vivid prose. He is a fine writer--perceptive, funny, a great way with words--making the book a whooping good read." ~ Royal Robbins, renowned mountaineer, author, adventure kayaker
"A soaring travel diary. It places the reader in the thick of the action every bit as well as Marco Polo transported Italians to China and, as it seems to me, better than Lowell Thomas led readers in the dust of Lawrence of Arabia." ~ Joseph W. Bean, MAUI WEEKLY
"Told with humor and insight, this vivid narrative allows you to vicariously experience life at true Tibetan pace, one step at a time: so close, you can almost smell the yak butter." ~ Michael Buckley, author, TIBET: THE BRADT TRAVEL GUIDE
"Inspiring, Engaging, Compassionate! A treasure to the Tibetan people and to the rest of the world." ~ Naomi C. Rose, author, TIBETAN TALES FOR LITTLE BUDDHAS
- Rank: #130574 in eBooks
- Published on: 2011-06-01
- Released on: 2011-06-01
- Format: Kindle eBook
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