Eccentric Explorers
Unravelling the Mysteries of Tibet —
Wild and Wacky Adventurers of the Tibetan Plateau
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Softcover, 400 pages, 120 illustrations
*Winner in the Biography category of the National Indie Excellence Awards (USA, 2009)
Get in the saddle for a riproaring ride as you follow in the tracks of ten
eccentric explorers—each on a quest to unlock the secrets of reclusive Tibet. Are they nuts? Are they crackers?
You bet. Among them you will find:
- mad Yorkshireman Maurice Wilson, who set his sights on climbing Everest—and to speed things up, decided to try
and crashland a biplane on the lower slopes…
- secret agent Eric 'the Hatter' Bailey, who shot his way through Tibet—but who could be easily distracted—in
the most life-threatening of situations—by the sighting of a new butterfly species…
- the indomitable Alexandra David-Neel, an ex-opera singer who—when cornered by Tibetan bandits—let loose
such a blood-curdling string of curses, they begged her to stop—fearing she was a wrathful demon
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This book is a treasure-trove of tales from a far-away place, and an era erased by the shifting sands of
time—and by Chinese invasion. Drawing from his own mad journeys in Tibet, Buckley brings out the best of
both the majestic Tibetans and the Western explorers portrayed.
—PAT MORROW, first to climb the Seven Summits (Carstensz Pyramid variation), and veteran of six expeditions
to the wilds of Tibet
Explorers are an odd bunch. It comes with the territory. Eccentric Explorers gives readers a captivating chance to walk in the shoes of ten
intrepid adventurers, to share their exciting exploits—and their obsessions. Join their journey. Lace up your boots and realize your own inner
Indiana Jones.
—BRANDON WILSON, a member of The Explorers Club and author of Yak Butter Blues, recounting his 1,000-km trek across Tibet with his wife and a
horse named Sadhu
Tibet has always been a place for Western fantasies to flourish and it has attracted some of the most eccentric of explorers to its high mountains,
deep valleys, remote monasteries and fabled cities. Michael Buckley, whose own adventures in Tibet include playing a British imperialist in a Chinese
propaganda film, presents the extraordinary stories of ten of the most adventurous of these explorers in this well-researched and wonderfully entertaining
book—which roams through the highways and byways of Tibet and its people, past and present.
—ALEX McKAY, International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, The Netherlands
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