Robert Twigger - White Mountain: A Cultural Adventure Through the Himalayas

WHITE

MOUNTAIN

A CULTURAL ADVENTURE THROUGH

THE HIMALAYAS

ROBERT TWIGGER

The first acknowledgement is to all the Himalayan residents and travellers I met on my various journeys, who helped me in numerous ways: they are the core of any trip. Some I have mentioned, some not, all were important.

A book is made from other books, to be sure, but it is at least as dependent on colleagues, friends and family: a thousand thanks to Dahlia Twigger for her excellent illustrated maps; Bea Hemming, Holly Harley and Elizabeth Allen at Orion; Andrew Kidd and Matthew Hamilton at Aitken Alexander; Jason Webster, Bijan Omrani, Rich Lisney, Jean and Tony Twigger, Piers Moor Ede, Adrian Turpin, Shaun Bythell, Tahir Shah, Christopher Ross, Ramsay Wood, Gill Whitworth, and John Blashford-Snell.

A special extra thanks to Tarquin and Anu Hall who put up with me over Diwali; Pete Royall at keadventure.com, who hosted me on one of their excellent treks in the Garwhal Himalaya; and Dhanraj Gurung in Yoksum, Sikkim who also did a great job in outfitting a ten-day trek with his highly recommended redpan-datreks.weebly.com.

Also thanks to Rigzin Skalzang, Michael and Caroline Sterling, David Benson, Stephen Slater, Peter Holmes, Christine Stewart; Andrew Bond for maps, guides, inspiration and stimulating conversation at the Alpine Club and elsewhere.

Andrew Duffs book on Sikkim was most welcome as an introduction to this fascinating place. And Sarnia Hosny, as always, for being such a stalwart support.

By Robert Twigger

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