{"product_id":"3399-when-men-and-mountains-meet","title":"When Men and Mountains Meet","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: John Keay\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2000\/2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 277\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8172233868\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is a story that rivals the search for the sources of the Nile and the race for the South Pole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a challenge for explorers the mountain wilderness between India and Inner Asia was unique.  The Western Himalayas were seen as a barrier guarding fabled cities unvisited since Marco Polo, barring the way for the commercial opening of Central Asia and Inland China.  It took half a century to penetrate this barrier, evidence enough of the appalling difficulties involved.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen there was the terrain - the most formidable on earth, powerful enough to undermine man's sense of self-importance.  Yet these explorers are characters of extraordinary stature; Alexander Gardiner, the American adventurer who brought the spirit of OK Corral to the Afghan Hindu Kush; Joseph Wolff, the mad missionary who crossed the same range stark naked; Victor Jacquemont, the Byronic Parisian who suffered for his love of the ladies; or Thomas Thomson the Scottish naturalist who first reached the crest of the Karakorams.  Along with the legendary Moorcroft and doffed surveyors like Godwin-Asten they fully live up to their magnificent setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3399\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"John Keay \/ HarperCollins \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40785327292585,"sku":"3399","price":22.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/3279.jpg?v=1625520525","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/products\/3399-when-men-and-mountains-meet","provider":"India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}