Himalaya (2004 BBC Audiobooks Ltd UK) - Michael Palin Audiobook

Written by Michael Palin
Read by Michael Palin
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 256 Kbps
Abridged

Michael Palin - Himalaya (2004 BBC Audiobooks Ltd UK)

Michael Palin reads his own account of an epic journey across the Himalaya in his sixth international expedition.

Hot on the heels of his adventures in the Sahara, Michael Palin takes on a 3,000-mile journey across the greatest mountain range on earth. Encountering extremes of wealth and poverty, altitude and temperature, he once again brings his unique wit, charm and wisdom to a geographical land which remains the world’s most majestic natural border, and a meeting place of different cultures, religions and races.

Filmed over six months, Palin takes on the full length of the Himalaya (which is Sanskrit for ‘Above of Snow’) including the Khyber Pass and the Silk Road, the hidden valleys of the Hindu Kush, the mighty peaks of Everest and K2, and the gorges of the Yangtze.

He Passed through a fascinatingly mixed bag of countries: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, China and secretive, unconquered mountain kingdoms like Nepal and Bhutan, as well as one of the most volatile regions in the world, Kashmir. Along the way he encounters, amongst many others, the Dalai Lama, the Bhutanese Royal Family, and the once feared head-hunting tribe of the Konyak.

Even counting for illness, altitude sickness and political flashpoints, Michael Palin discovers a region permeated by every sort of human activity in a journey he describes as ‘a wonderfully, magically, brilliant journey, with more gasps of astonishment per square mile than any other in my entire life.’

Tracks:

01 – Part 1 of 6
02 – Part 2 of 6
03 – Part 3 of 6
04 – Part 4 of 6
05 – Part 5 of 6
06 – Part 6 of 6

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