Eccentric Explorers

by Michael Buckley

Overview

Eccentric Explorers was Winner of the Biography
category at the 2009 Indie Excellence Book Awards, California, USA. In this extensively researched book, the rich culture and history of Tibet are viewed through a rather special lens--through the eyes of ten wild and wacky adventurers, each bent on unlocking the strange riddles and secrets of Tibet.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011132872
Publisher:	Michael Buckley
Publication date:	11/02/2010
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

A nomad at heart, Michael Buckley has travelled widely in the Himalayas, Central Asia, and South Asia. He is author of a number of books to these regions, including: --Eccentric Explorers: wild and wacky adventurers of the Tibetan plateau --Travels in the Tibetan World: detailing personal voyages to many Tibetan enclaves --Shangri-La: a Travel Guide to the Himalayan Dream --Tibet: the Bradt Travel Guide Books about environment crisis in Tibet: --Meltdown in Tibet (Palgrave-Macmillan, New York, 2014) is about serious environmental issues on the Tibetan Plateau. The book is available in both print and ebook versions. --Tibet, Disrupted is a companion digital photobook, released in May 2016. This is available for download only via Apple's iBooks Store or iTunes Store. The photo-based book is over 330 pages long and focuses on visual presentation with minimal text. The book can be hooked up from iPad to a big-screen TV or larger projector to give Keynote presentations. As well as being a writer, Buckley is a passionate photographer, documentary filmmaker and environmentalist. He is filmmaker for three short documentaries about major environmental issues in Tibet that go under-reported--or not reported at all. To find out more, go to www.WildYakFilms.com/. Short versions of these films can be viewed on Vimeo.com (just search the documentary title): --Meltdown in Tibet is about dams and water problems on the Tibetan plateau --From Nomad to Nobody is about the plight of the vanishing nomads of Tibet --Plundering Tibet is about the devastating impact of mining in Tibet As a keen trekker, kayaker, diver and wildlife enthusiast, Buckley's travels have taken him worldwide in quest of tracking near-mythical creatures to their lairs--which has resulted in the short ebook, Beastly Encounters.

Table of Contents

Heading into the Unknown 7

Blundering into Tibet Thomas Manning bags the explorer's trophy-by accident 13

Mission Impossible on the Tsangpo Kintup & the case of the phantom waterfall 45

Tibet with a Butterfly Net Eric Bailey strays into some highly perilous situations 73

Everest on Faith & Figs Maurice Wilson takes on the goddess of Everest 117

Horsing around in Shangri-La Joseph Rock rides again, guns at the ready 155

Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Soul Alexandra David-Néel indulges in Psychic Sports 183

Cracking the Tibetan Code Professor Giuseppe Tucci stumbles into a lost kingdom 227

Land of Snows & Silence Peter Aufschnaiter finds sanctuary in Lhasa 265

Tales from the Three-eyed Lama New Age guru Lobsang Rampa pushes the limits of reality 303

Cavalier of Curiosity Michel Peissel delves into CIA intrigue & more mysteries 335

The Dome of Inspiration Following in the Footsteps of the Explorers 367

Basecamp Glossary, cameos, timelines, research sources & credits 387

Touching Foreheads 400