Hell or High Water Surviving Tibet's Tsangpo River

by Heller, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780452286740
• ISBN10: 0452286743
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-27
• Publisher: Plume

Summary

A grand expedition—an elite kayaking team’s heroic conquest of the world’s last untraveled riverThe Tsangpo Gorge in southeastern Tibet, sacred to the Buddhists and the inspiration for Shangri La, has lured explorers and adventurers since its discovery. As a river-running challenge, it is more difficult than any stretch of white water ever attempted. The finest expedition paddlers on earth have tried. Several have died. All have failed. Until now.In January 2002 a team of seven kayakers launched a meticulously planned assault of the gorge. Accompanying them was author Peter Heller, a world-class kayaker in his own right. Filled with history, white-knuckle drama, and mutiny in one of the world’s most remote locations, Hell or High Wateris a grand and riveting epic.

Author Biography

Peter Heller is a contributing editor for Outside Magazine as well as an avid paddler.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Put-In	1	(4)
The Assignment	5	(22)
Lhasa to Pe	27	(26)
The River	53	(14)
Tripe to Selung Creek	67	(24)
Kintup the Tailor	91	(10)
Gyala to Doug's Ledges	101	(26)
Doug's Ledges to the Spur	127	(16)
Pemakochung	143	(22)
The Kondrasong La to Kondrasong La Falls	165	(16)
Northeast Straits to Pine Camp	181	(26)
The Grand Portage	207	(24)
Gogden	231	(22)
The Lower Gorge	253	(20)
Take-Out	273	(4)
Bibliography	277