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Walking the Himalayas
- Narrated by: Levison Wood
- Length: 8 hrs
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Summary
Winner of the Edward Stanford Adventure Travel Book of the Year 2016.
From the best-selling author of Walking the Nile, explorer Levison Wood begins his next challenging adventure - walking the length of the Himalayas.
Levison Wood's most challenging expedition yet begins along the Silk Road route of Afghanistan and travels through five countries. Following in the footsteps of the great explorers, Levison walks the entire length of the Himalayas in an adventure of survival and endurance.
A personal story of discovery, Levison forges strong bonds with local guides, porters, mountain men, soldiers, farmers, smugglers and shepherds. By travelling on foot, and following the same footpaths that locals use, he uncovers stories that might otherwise remain hidden. Along the way he also reveals the history of the Himalayas and two millennia of exploration, and examines a continent in crisis in the 21st century.
Packed with action and emotion, more than anything Walking the Himalayas is a story of personal adventure and striving beyond the limits of convention.
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"Britain's best-loved adventurer... he looks like a man who will stare danger in the face and soak up a lot of pain without complaint." ( The Times)
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- Tri Jules
- 14-10-17
Excellent walk, excellent narration
Levison specializes in truly epic walks and this one is no exception. And even better, Levison narrates this one! Levison’s great ability is to bring the human interest side of his walks across in a really engaging matter. You feel like you are there with him. You feel you understand the issues of the various maintain tribes people.
Levison’s voice is distinctive but very interesting. He is especially funny when doing his ‘grumpy voice’ to voice some of the grumpy officials he meets.
Looking forward to the next one and please Mr Wood read the next one yourself!
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- KC
- 22-04-19
well written
good interplay between past and recent past and dialogue. excellwnt writing. best book so far.
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- Di
- 29-01-23
Excellent.
I remember watching the documentary that Levison Wood made about the journey. Hearing his words in full without the constraint of a television programme timeframe was all I hoped it would be. What a journey to undertake. Such determination. Also the story of reconnecting his friendship with a Nepalese “brother” from his youth was heartwarming.
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- David Horrocks
- 05-03-22
epic adventure
Great story, great read/listen. Well narrated looking forward to listening to walking the nile next.
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- Anonymous - Tubby
- 13-03-23
WOW what a fantastic book.
Thank you sharing and what an experience.
Listening to this I felt I was in the Himalayas with you.
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- Alec Pinkstone
- 16-02-24
Pure excellence
Superbly written and read by an absolute legend. A tale you will read again straight after finishing.
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- Chris
- 04-09-21
Great story
Great story and very well performed. Inspires wanderlust and adventureous spirits. Wood has a great writing style
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- formidible
- 01-11-18
Excellent travel writing.
As usual Levison demonstrates his ability to describe his adventure with some panash and lucid moments that should live in the memory. "It's not about the getting there but about the people I've met along the way" and "if you can just appreciate breathing" sums up for me why his travel writing is amongst the best.
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- iain maclean
- 09-08-19
Very good listen
Very good listen. really enjoyable. Will definitely give some of his other adventures a listen in the near future.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-01-19
amazing and exciting
this book is amazing and inspiring to say the least
can't wait for more of his books
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