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United Kingdom
2018
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United Kingdom
2018
De Zwerver
Netherlands
2019
  • Wandelgids Trekking in Tajikistan - Tadzjikistan | Cicerone
  • Guidebook to trekking in Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Contains 21 treks exploring 5 different mountain areas, including the Northern Ranges, Pamir Mountains and Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor. Also includes a handful of shorter day hikes. With advice on trekking, backpacking equipment, permits and visas, and transport. Read more
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  • Uberleben auf Allen Kontinenten [Surviving on All Continents]
  • These tales range from the author's first mountain hike as a young man in his native Austria and his increasingly extreme climbs in the Alps to expeditions and adventures on all continents, where survival was sometimes only a matter of luck.One chapter describes his first expedition to the Karakoram, in 1961, another the third ascent of the... Read more
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  • Uberleben auf Allen Kontinenten [Surviving on All Continents]
  • These tales range from the author's first mountain hike as a young man in his native Austria and his increasingly extreme climbs in the Alps to expeditions and adventures on all continents, where survival was sometimes only a matter of luck.One chapter describes his first expedition to the Karakoram, in 1961, another the third ascent of the... Read more
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Netherlands
  • PASSIE VOOR EEN BERG
  • In 1967 beklom Robert Eckhardt aan het touw van een gids z'n eerste berg; 25 jaar later doet hij in zijn eerste boek 'Passie voor een berg' verslag van zijn bergtochten.Het boek begint met de passie van een klimmer: jarenlang dromen van een berg en hem dan beklimmen, genieten van het graniet in Bergell, de uitdaging van verticale... Read more
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Belgium
  • PASSIE VOOR EEN BERG
  • In 1967 beklom Robert Eckhardt aan het touw van een gids z'n eerste berg; 25 jaar later doet hij in zijn eerste boek 'Passie voor een berg' verslag van zijn bergtochten.Het boek begint met de passie van een klimmer: jarenlang dromen van een berg en hem dan beklimmen, genieten van het graniet in Bergell, de uitdaging van verticale... Read more
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Netherlands
  • Tales of the Silk Road
  • Tales of the Silk Road describes one of the author's several journeys between Europe and the Orient. The trip sought routes taken by Marco Polo, Alexander the Great, and Papal emissaries. Beginning in Venice, as did Polo, the path led mostly overland through Anatolia and Central Asia and China before proceeding to Islamabad via the Karakoram... Read more
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Bol.com
Belgium
  • Tales of the Silk Road
  • Tales of the Silk Road describes one of the author's several journeys between Europe and the Orient. The trip sought routes taken by Marco Polo, Alexander the Great, and Papal emissaries. Beginning in Venice, as did Polo, the path led mostly overland through Anatolia and Central Asia and China before proceeding to Islamabad via the Karakoram... Read more
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Bol.com
Netherlands
2013
  • 8000 metres
  • In this book, renowned mountaineer Alan Hinkes relates his experiences of climbing the highest mountains known to man; the success and failures, the expeditions and partners; the beauty, harshness and danger of Earth's loftiest environs. The first British climber to reach all 14 of the world's peaks over 8000m, and the 15th person ever to do... Read more
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Belgium
2013
  • 8000 metres
  • In this book, renowned mountaineer Alan Hinkes relates his experiences of climbing the highest mountains known to man; the success and failures, the expeditions and partners; the beauty, harshness and danger of Earth's loftiest environs. The first British climber to reach all 14 of the world's peaks over 8000m, and the 15th person ever to do... Read more
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Netherlands
  • Sheila's Guide to Ladakh
  • Have you ever heard of Ladakh or know where it is located? Even India locals will answer, “No,” when asked that question. Ladakh is situated in Northern India; a land of monasteries or "gompas" (as they are called here), surreal landscape, surrounded by the Zanskar range in the South, Ladakh range in the North and great Karakoram range in the... Read more
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Belgium
  • Sheila's Guide to Ladakh
  • Have you ever heard of Ladakh or know where it is located? Even India locals will answer, “No,” when asked that question. Ladakh is situated in Northern India; a land of monasteries or "gompas" (as they are called here), surreal landscape, surrounded by the Zanskar range in the South, Ladakh range in the North and great Karakoram range in the... Read more
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Bol.com
Netherlands
2014
  • On the Trail of Genghis Khan
  • The relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian steppe gave rise to a succession of rich nomadic cultures. Among them were the Mongols of the thirteenth century - a small tribe, which, under the charismatic leadership of Genghis Khan, created the largest contiguous land empire in history. Inspired by the extraordinary life nomads still... Read more
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Belgium
2014
  • On the Trail of Genghis Khan
  • The relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian steppe gave rise to a succession of rich nomadic cultures. Among them were the Mongols of the thirteenth century - a small tribe, which, under the charismatic leadership of Genghis Khan, created the largest contiguous land empire in history. Inspired by the extraordinary life nomads still... Read more
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Netherlands
  • And There I Was Volume III
  • It was 1994 and the third of nine journeys in the "And There I Was" series - Pakistan, China. An audacious undertaking, the author's route took him north through the heart of Pakistan to the North West Frontier and the Northern Areas, lands inhabited by fierce tribal clans who through the centuries had repelled the world's greatest armies. Once... Read more
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  • And There I Was Volume III
  • It was 1994 and the third of nine journeys in the "And There I Was" series - Pakistan, China. An audacious undertaking, the author's route took him north through the heart of Pakistan to the North West Frontier and the Northern Areas, lands inhabited by fierce tribal clans who through the centuries had repelled the world's greatest armies. Once... Read more
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Netherlands
  • Tajikistan - Loosening the Knot
  • The narrative is of travels through Tajikistan, the poorest country economically in Central Asia. As the Soviet Union disintegrated, the economy collapsed, the people suffered extreme privation and large elements of the country reverted to what became known as a "yak economy".Shortly after the declaration of independence in 1991, the country... Read more
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Belgium
  • Tajikistan - Loosening the Knot
  • The narrative is of travels through Tajikistan, the poorest country economically in Central Asia. As the Soviet Union disintegrated, the economy collapsed, the people suffered extreme privation and large elements of the country reverted to what became known as a "yak economy".Shortly after the declaration of independence in 1991, the country... Read more
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Netherlands
  • Ladakh
  • Over the course of five years, photographer David Vaala embedded himself in Ladakh, a mountainous corner of Northwestern India, to capture Little Tibet: its landscapes, culture, and people. More than 150 full-color, large-format images focus on the rare cham dances, masked dance-dramas, which are a unique aspect of Tibetan Buddhism. Using a... Read more
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Belgium
  • Ladakh
  • Over the course of five years, photographer David Vaala embedded himself in Ladakh, a mountainous corner of Northwestern India, to capture Little Tibet: its landscapes, culture, and people. More than 150 full-color, large-format images focus on the rare cham dances, masked dance-dramas, which are a unique aspect of Tibetan Buddhism. Using a... Read more
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Netherlands
  • The Alpine Journal 2016
  • The Alpine Journal is the oldest mountaineering periodical in the world, created as a record of mountain exploration and culture, and its 153rd publication celebrates some of the outstanding ascents of 2015. Two of Britain's best younger alpinists, Will Sim and Ben Silvestre, describe hard first ascents in Alaska, while a third, Andy Houseman,... Read more
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Belgium
  • The Alpine Journal 2016
  • The Alpine Journal is the oldest mountaineering periodical in the world, created as a record of mountain exploration and culture, and its 153rd publication celebrates some of the outstanding ascents of 2015. Two of Britain's best younger alpinists, Will Sim and Ben Silvestre, describe hard first ascents in Alaska, while a third, Andy Houseman,... Read more
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Netherlands
  • Up One Side and Down the Other
  • Aconcagua - The highest mountain in the world outside the Himalayan and Karakoram ranges. This is the story of one typical expedition from a fairly average climber who was successful. It also serves as a typical description of what such expeditions are like for those aspiring to climb the seven summits or other high peaks with guided groups. Read more
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Belgium
  • Up One Side and Down the Other
  • Aconcagua - The highest mountain in the world outside the Himalayan and Karakoram ranges. This is the story of one typical expedition from a fairly average climber who was successful. It also serves as a typical description of what such expeditions are like for those aspiring to climb the seven summits or other high peaks with guided groups. Read more
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Netherlands
  • Hoger dan hoog. De beklimming van de 8047 meter hoge Broad Peak
  • De Karakoram is een van de hoogste bergketens ter wereld en maakt onderdeel uit van het Himalaya-gebergte. Een overweldigende bergreeks die ieder menselijk begrip te boven mag gaan, maar die toch telkens weer de mens uitdaagt.Jos Smeets, Paul Hoekstra, Pa uitje Lahaye, Francois Verhoeven en Nympha Stassen ondernamen een tocht naar de Broad... Read more
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Belgium
  • Hoger dan hoog. De beklimming van de 8047 meter hoge Broad Peak
  • De Karakoram is een van de hoogste bergketens ter wereld en maakt onderdeel uit van het Himalaya-gebergte. Een overweldigende bergreeks die ieder menselijk begrip te boven mag gaan, maar die toch telkens weer de mens uitdaagt.Jos Smeets, Paul Hoekstra, Pa uitje Lahaye, Francois Verhoeven en Nympha Stassen ondernamen een tocht naar de Broad... Read more
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Netherlands
  • China to Chitral
  • In China to Chitral H.W. "Bill' Tilman completes one of his great post-war journeys. He travels from Central China, crossing Sinkiang, the Gobi and Takla Makan Deserts, before escaping to a crumbling British Empire with a crossing of the Karakoram to the new nation of Pakistan.In 1951 there still persisted a legend that a vast mountain, higher... Read more
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Belgium
  • China to Chitral
  • In China to Chitral H.W. "Bill' Tilman completes one of his great post-war journeys. He travels from Central China, crossing Sinkiang, the Gobi and Takla Makan Deserts, before escaping to a crumbling British Empire with a crossing of the Karakoram to the new nation of Pakistan.In 1951 there still persisted a legend that a vast mountain, higher... Read more
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Netherlands
  • Wandelkaart Karakoram | TerraQuest
  • De kracht zit hem in het feit dat deze kaart in delen is geplastificeerd en daardoor ook - ondanks de plastic laag - makkelijk in delen is te vouwen. Deze kaart is gericht op de trekkings in het gebied die nauwkeurig staan ingetekend, zo ook de mogelijke campsites onderweg. Terraquest say 'TerraQuest maps are designed and developed primarily... Read more
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