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Lost in the Valley of Death - A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas (Paperback)
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Lost in the Valley of Death - A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas (Paperback)
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List price R487
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Discovery Miles 3 670
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"A layered inquisition and a reportorial force…a technicolor
mystery.... In prose that moves like a clear river....Rustad has
done what the best storytellers do: tried to track the story to its
last twig and then stepped aside.”— New York Times Book
Review In the vein of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, a riveting work
of narrative nonfiction centering on the unsolved disappearance of
an American backpacker in India—one of at least two dozen
tourists who have met a similar fate in the remote and storied
Parvati Valley. For centuries, India has enthralled westerners
looking for an exotic getaway, a brief immersion in yoga and
meditation, or in rare cases, a true pilgrimage to find spiritual
revelation. Justin Alexander Shetler, an inveterate traveler
trained in wilderness survival, was one such seeker. In his early
thirties Justin Alexander Shetler, quit his job at a tech startup
and set out on a global journey: across the United States by
motorcycle, then down to South America, and on to the Philippines,
Thailand, and Nepal, in search of authentic experiences and
meaningful encounters, while also documenting his travels on
Instagram. His enigmatic character and magnetic personality gained
him a devoted following who lived vicariously through his
adventures. But the ever restless explorer was driven to pursue
ever greater challenges, and greater risks, in what had become a
personal quest—his own hero’s journey. In 2016, he made his way
to the Parvati Valley, a remote and rugged corner of the Indian
Himalayas steeped in mystical tradition yet shrouded in darkness
and danger. There, he spent weeks studying under the guidance of a
sadhu, an Indian holy man, living and meditating in a cave. At the
end of August, accompanied by the sadhu, he set off on a
“spiritual journey” to a holy lake—a journey from which he
would never return. Lost in the Valley of Death is about one
man’s search to find himself, in a country where for many
westerners the path to spiritual enlightenment can prove fraught,
even treacherous. But it is also a story about all of us and the
ways, sometimes extreme, we seek fulfillment in life. Lost in the
Valley of Death includes 16 pages of color photographs.
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