{"title":"Merrick Henrietta Sands","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"high-altitude-heroines-women-explorers-in-the-himalayas-edition1-book-alexandra-david-nel-9789363363250","title":"High-Altitude Heroines: Women Explorers in the Himalayas (Edition1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong the usual stories of mountaineering and early exploration in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHimalayas are a few hidden gems-pioneering women who beat all odds, defying\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe lazy stereotypes about gender, to explore and conquer the high Himalayas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContained in this magnificent collection of daring exploration are accounts by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efour of these 'high altitude heroines'-Alexandra David-N el, Fanny Bullock\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorkman, Henrietta Sands Merrick and Lilian A. Starr.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexandra David-N el writes about her 1923 secret expedition to Tibet and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eits capital, Lhasa. Accompanied by a young lama, Yongden, she willingly suffers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe harsh travel conditions, frequent outbreaks of disease, the ever-present\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edanger of border control and the military to reach her goal, becoming the first\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWestern woman to reach the 'forbidden city'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican geographer and travel writer Fanny Bullock Workman recounts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eher astonishing exploratory adventure in 1906 around Nun Kun, the mountain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emassif located on the border of Jammu and Kashmir. Forty-seven years old\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eat the time, she conquers Pinnacle Peak without any modern equipment and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eencumbered in her voluminous skirts, setting an altitude record for women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenrietta Sands Merrick narrates her exciting journey through and around\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLadakh in 1931. On her journey, joined by her friends Sandy and Margot, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eher orderlies Happy and Gulam, she travels to one of the deepest gorges in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworld, experiences the 'Devil Dances' at Hemis and spends a night below the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estars at the Khardong Pass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd, Lilian A. Starr, a nurse from the Peshawar Hospital, journeys to the tribal country of Tirah near the Khyber Pass to rescue a young girl abducted by the Afridis. Encountering fierce tribal chieftains and exploring the surrounding Khanki Valley, she is able to successfully negotiate the girl's release. Filled with riveting tales of breathtaking ascents in sub-zero temperatures, perilous journeys to the unknown, and rare anecdotes of life in the high Himalayas, this is a one-of-a-kind collection for all lovers of adventure and travel writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53181383508241,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53181383573777,"sku":"NLS9789363363250","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9789363363250.jpg?v=1772242576"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-merrick-henrietta-sands.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}