An edition of The Last River (2000)
The last river
the tragic race for Shangi-la
By Todd Balf
Publish Date
2000
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Language
eng
Pages
299
Description:
"In October 1998 an American whitewater paddling team traveled deep into the Tsangpo Gorge in Tibet to run the Yarlung Tsangpo, known in paddling circles as the "Everest of rivers." On day 12 of that trip, the team's ace paddler, one of four kayakers on the river, launched off an eight-foot waterfall and flipped. He and his overturned kayak spilled into the heart of the thunderous "freight training" river and were swept downstream, never to be seen again. The "Last River" is an account of this ill-fated expedition, an exploration of what propelled these kayakers to take on the seething big water and perilous Himalayan terrain of the deepest gorge on the planet."--Jacket.