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9781594850646

Walking the Gobi: A 16,000-Mile Trek Across a Desert of Hope and Despair

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  • ISBN13:

    9781594850646

  • ISBN10:

    159485064X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-09-30
  • Publisher: Mountaineers Books
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Summary

"In 2001, at the age of sixty-three, Helen Thayer fulfilled her lifelong dream of crossing Mongolia's Gobi Desert. Accompanied by her seventy-four-year-old husband Bill and two camels, Tom and Jerry, Thayer walked 1600 miles in 126-degree temperatures, battling fierce sandstorms, dehydration, dangerous drug smugglers, and ubiquitous scorpions. For more than 60 days Helen struggled to keep moving through this inhospitable terrain despite a severe leg injury. Without sponsors, a support team, or radio contact, hers is a journey of pure discovery and adventure." "Walking the Gobi takes readers on a trip through a little-known landscape and introduces them to the culture of the nomadic people whose ancestors have eked out an existence in the Gobi for thousands of years. Thayer's respect and admiration for the culture of Gobi and her gentle weaving of natural history shine throughout this remarkable story."--BOOK JACKET.

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