
Conbining gripping adventure writing with intimate memoir, Rick Ridgeway takes readers to the mysterious mountain domain of Tibet, & onto the remote corners of his past. Twenty years ago, in the wake of a massive & terrifying avalanche, Ridgeway cradled his dying friend Jonathan in his arms & pledged to keep watch over Jonathan's infant daughter Asia. Now Asia is a vibrant, headstrong young woman; hoping to help her connect with the father she never knew, Ridgeaway takes her to the Himalayas Jonathan so cherished. Together they search for the place where he died. Their trek through remote & forbidding terrain
- under constant threat from lethal storms & jumpy Chinese military patrols
- is a fitting backdrop for the precarious emotional journey that Ridgeway & Asia share, as they venture into alien landscapes of memory & self-discovery. Ultimately, the truths they both seek are revealed, not in the images of life long gone but in the bright promise of future possibility. In a stunning conclusion on a treacherous & wind-battered mountain face, both Ridgeway & his dead friend's daughter finally embrace the deepest realities of death & life.