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Title: White Mountain

Author: Robert Twigger

Narrator: Mark Meadows

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-13-16

Publisher: Orion

Genres: History, World

Publisher's Summary:

Home to mythical kingdoms, wars and expeditions and strange and magical beasts, the Himalayas have always loomed tall in our imagination.

Overrun at different times by Buddhism, Taoism, shamanism, Islam and Christianity, they are a grand central station of the world's religions. They are also a plant hunter's paradise, a climber's challenge and a traveller's dream.

In his quest to explore the region's seismic history, Twigger seeks out the Nagas, who helped his grandfather build a camp for Allied soldiers near Imphal during the Second World War, and takes the most scenic bike ride in the world, from Lhasa to Kathmandu. The result is a sweeping, fascinating and surprising journey through the history of the world's greatest mountain range.

Members Reviews:

The book is really several books in one volume...

A land of mystery explored!

My thanks to my contacts at Pegasus Books, Iris Blasi, Katie McGuire, and Maia Larson, for my review copy of this book. You ladies rock!

The mountains of the Himalayas are steeped in mystery and legends. This is the home of fabled Tibet, the jumping off point for many colorful stories that deal with the power of the mind. It is the land of the highest mountains on Earth, mountains still dotted with the remains of those who died trying to conqueror the âRoof of the World.â There are the legends of the Yeti. It is home to many religions, customs, and scenery which is seen nowhere else.

This volume celebrates how these mountains seem to cast a spell over people who come from worldwide to take chances on climbing Everest, K2, Nanga Parbat, Annapurna, and others. Part personal experience, part guidebook and part history, the book should appeal to those wanting to scout the area before taking an expedition to the Himalayas. The history will appeal to those who wonder how life in the rarefied air of these mountains. The personal portion of the book shows the authorâs experiences, which may whet an explorerâs appetite.

For myself, I think I expected to get something from this book which I failed to find. It is not the fault of the author, so the book will not get that big of a ding from me.

I give the book three starsâ

Quoth the Ravenâ

Current and Historical Armchair Trip Through the Himalayas

I enjoyed reading this book but it is uneven and is really three types of books. One part is a personal memoir. The author travels to the Himalayas in search of himself and family history. It is also a travelogue including historical and current travels to the area. The author also includes a history of the area and attempts to climb the Mountains. Some of the historical information will be familiar but there are also some lesser known histories. The personal travels and interactions were the most interesting. Photographs accompany the text. This book would have read better if the author did not try to include the entire history of the area and wrote a smaller more focused book. Enjoy the armchair travel to Mountains

A curious compendium of many things

A very singular treatment of history, mountaineering and native cultures in that part of the world. I had never heard of Twigger before. He is English, from a family with a heritage of colonial service in Burma, and put his heart into this account. Uneven, can see how an impatient reader could prematurely dismiss it. One section is a detailed and, I think, objective analysis of what went wrong in the 1996 disaster on Mt. Everest.