Cordee Straight Up - Himalayan Tales Of The Unexpected

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Born in the foothills close to the Himalaya Steve Berry had from an early age an urge to become a traveller, an adventurer, an explorer, & until the age of 38 years he tried hard to satisfy two opposing forces. Half of him wanted to find a satisfactory career path while the other half wanted to be free & specifically explore the Himalaya. In the end he found a compromise to satisfy both needs. In 1987 with his climbing friend Steve Bell he founded Himalayan Kingdoms, a travel company specializing in trekking & expedition holidays. This book is a collection of stories from his early expeditions to the Himalaya prior to 1987. There are tales of encounters with bears, escapes from avalanches, summit successes & failures, love stories, mystical connections, Himalayan storms, near death accidents, raw travel across the Indian sub continent, & grapples with bureaucracy. It is told warts & all. It starts with tales of youthful naivety in the mountains of Himachal Pradesh, progresses to what Steve describes as his best ever adventure, the first British ascent of Nun, 7, 135m/23, 410ft, in Kashmir, & finishes with the truth of what happened on the failed attempt to climb Bhutan's highest peak, Gangkar Punsum, 7550m/24, 770ft. Of Straight Up Steve says, I just really wanted people to enjoy reading of our adventures the way they were.