Hell or high water : surviving Tibet's Tsangpo River

Heller, Peter 1959- (Author).

Summary: Long considered unrunnable, the Tsangpo River has drawn extreme kayakers since the sport was born. It's killed them too. One group did it. A mammoth, old-school adventure team led by a young, fiery river cowboy battled the white water, their Sherpa, and a Himalayan winter to log the first descent of the Tsangpo. Peter Heller, himself an accomplished kayaker, was along for the ride.

Record details

ISBN: 9781579548728 (hardcover)
ISBN: 1579548725 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
ix, 278 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher: [Emmaus, Pa.] : Rodale : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, c2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Maps on lining papers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-278).
Formatted Contents Note:	Assignment -- Lhasa to Pe -- River -- Tripe to Selung Creek -- Kintup the Tailor -- Gyala to Doug's ledges -- Doug's ledges to the spur -- Pemakochung -- Kondrasong La to Kondrasong La Falls -- Northeast Straits to Pine Camp -- Grand portage -- Gogden -- Lower Gorge.