On Top of the World: Five Women Explorers in Tibet

Author: Luree Miller Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 In the late 1800s, when women were bound by cumbersome clothing and strict Victorian scruples, a small band of astonishing women explorers burst forth to claim the adventurous life. Ploughing their way up the Himalaya and Karakoram or trekking for months through tropical lowlands, these five women (three British, one American and one French) conducted an unprecedented exploration of Tibet.Nina Mazuchelli, the first Western woman to see Everest, organised...Read more