Join 63-year-old adventurer Helen Thayer as she undertakes an inspirational journey through Mongolia's Gobi desert.
- Author: Helen Thayer
- Hardcover; 251 pages; black-and-white photos and maps
- The Mountaineers Books; copyright 2007
In 2001, at the age of 63, renowned adventurer Helen Thayer fulfilled her lifelong dream of crossing Mongolia's Gobi Desert. Accompanied by her 74-year-old husband, Bill, and two camels, Tom and Jerry, Thayer walked 1,600 miles in 126°F temperatures, encountering fierce sandstorms, dehydration, dangerous drug smugglers and ubiquitous scorpions. For more than 60 days Helen struggled to keep moving through some of the most inhospitable terrain on Earth, despite a severe leg injury. Without sponsors, a support team or radio contact, hers is a journey of pure discovery and adventure.Walking the Gobi takes readers on a trip through a little-known landscape and introduces them to the culture of the nomadic people whose ancestors have eked out an existence in the Gobi for thousands of years. Thayer's respect and admiration for the culture of the Gobi and her gentle weaving in of natural history shine throughout this remarkable story.
Made in USA.
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