The strangest tale about Kangchenjunga ever told

November 9, 2022 Reviews and tributes buddhism, kangchenjunga, mountain literature, philip battley, sikkim, tibet 2 Comments

The strangest tale about Kangchenjunga ever told

A book review of A Step Away from Paradise by Thomas K. Shor Hundreds of books have been written about the world’s highest mountain, Everest, and dozens about its second highest, K2. There have not been so many about the

Drukpa Kunley’s Rhubarb: an extraordinary Himalayan vegetable

July 26, 2011 Humour bhutan, blue sheep, drukpa kunley, flora, frank spencer chapman, himalayas, jangothang ri, jhomolhari, joseph hooker, paro, pasang dawa lama, rheum nobile, sikkim, tibet, trekking, weather, wildlife 3 Comments

Drukpa Kunley’s Rhubarb: an extraordinary Himalayan vegetable

I’m going to conclude my trio of posts about Bhutan by relating an incident that happened at a place called Jangothang on the Jhomolhari trek. In previous posts I’ve been moaning about the weather in Bhutan, and how the beautiful