To the Third Pole

The shows bound peaks of the Himalayas have always had an age-old fascination which is associated with the mystical and the majestic. These mountain ranges are characterized by having the highest peaks in the world, what are knows as “Eight thousanders” that is, which approximate to a height of eight thousand meters. The term “Third Pole” has been used to refer to all such peaks.

The lure of these insurmountable high peaks has drawn adventurers and scientists, mystics and scholars, each fascinated by some aspect of these snow bound mountains, ever beckoning and ever challenging.

This book takes the reader in a vicarious expedition through these peaks. Describing them in all their glory in poet’s language as well as scientific details. It is a book of both magnificent description and scholarly research. It also takes one through the various expeditions to these magnificent peaks, following the trails of many travelers to their highest destinies.