Delhi, 1994, 2nd edition. 280 pp, b/w illustrations, foldout b/w maps. Hardcover, Dust Jacket, As New.
Travels on the Baltoro Glacier in 1923-24. The work is presented in a series of letters. It includes R. Barrett's journey to Leh from Srinagar during 1923-24. A curious book steeped in the music and lore of the Himalayas, told in letters on a trek from Leh to Srinagar in 1923-24. The maps, accomplished by the cartographer to the Royal Geographical Society, show glaciers as dragons and other Tibetan monsters and Buddhist symbols. First edition published in 1927.
