Ebook: Himalayan Playground: Adventures on the Roof of the World 1942-72

Himalayan Playground; Reviews; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Map of Himalayan Playground; Introduction; Map of Northern Garhwal; Garhwal 1947; Map of Northern Sikkim; Sikkim 1949; Map of Kulu-Spiti Watershed; Spiti 1955; Karakoram 1958; Swat & Kohistan 1962; Tribal Country 1961; Tribal Country 1967; Tribal Country 1970; Map of Swat, Kohistan, and Kaghan; Kaghan 1965; Kaghan 1967; Kaghan 1972; Index; Black and White Plates; Colour Plates; About the Author; Footnotes; Copyright Page.;During the twilight years of the British Raj Trevor Braham spent much of his boyhood in India where, in the mid-1930s, he attended a boarding school in Darjeeling for four years. Dwelling within sight of the magnificent spectacle of Kangchenjunga and its satellite peaks exerted a strong influence upon him, arousing later ambitions. After early trips to Sikkim he joined the Himalayan Club marking a threshold of half-a-lifetime of adventures and activities in the mountain ranges spread across the northern regions of the Indian sub-continent, from Sikkim in the South-east to Chitral in the North-