Among the Himalayas/L.A. Waddell. Varanasi, Pilgrims, 2006, ISBN 81-7624-030-3.

    "The attractive Himalayan region arrests attention of travellers and climbers thirsting for fresh fields of adventure. There is a varied ever present interest about several little known tribes, with their picturesque characters and idyllic surroundings, and the awe at once forbidding and alluring of the strange inhospitable land beyond the mountains.

    The importance of this work lies in the fact that it focuses on those parts of the Himalayan exotic regions which, although much more accessible now with modern transport and communication, yet remain unexplained and unexplored. This vivid account of the habit and habitat, environment and ecology, and custom and manners has come from the pen of the author who has traversed the Himalayan regions year after year sketching, shooting, collecting and specially exploring the customs of the people of the frontiers of Tibet and Nepal. While scaling glaciers and peaks of these mysterious Tibetan borderland he has endeavoured to capture the curious practices of the wild and primitive inhabitants.

    This account is graphically supplemented by more than a hundred photographs and sketches, most of which are simply splendid and unbelievably real.

    The illustrative narratives of this work will add to the enjoyment of the readers and travellers to these regions. It will awaken further interest in a fascinating and little known land." (jacket)

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