Travel to Nepal

Trekking and Climbing in Nepal (Trekking & Climbing Guides)

Format: Paperback
Author: Steve Razzetti
ReleaseDate: January, 2001
Publisher: Stackpole Books
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Trekking and Climbing in Nepal

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It is an excellent book for its intended genre and is a nice addition to your coffee table or guest shelf if interested in the genre.

Beautiful Book
Almost every single trek that I know of, from Humla, Mustang to Dolpo, Manaslu, Dhaulagiri Circuit and Kachenjunga is mentioned. This is a beautiful book with lots of nice, colourful pictures of the Nepal Himalayas. Even the trekking peaks are covered. Of course, the usual areas like Everest, Annapurna and Langtang are also covered.

Every trek that is being described comes with a box telling you the duration, access, highest point, trek style (whether camping is required), restrictions/permits and sidetrips. In between the treks, there are also information on Nepalese culture and traditions.

However, if you think that all this is too much for a small, glossy book like this, then you're right. I find the info on some treks quite sketchy. You'll probably need additional references if you're going into a restricted area. Another problem is that this book looks more like coffeetable book than a rugged reference to be brought into the outdoors. I would hesitate to bring it on my trips.

Preparing and Enjoying Your Trekking and Climbing in Nepal
This book has the little something that makes it better than most of the trekking guides. I have purchased just about all of the trekking guides, including descriptions of trekking peaks, that are available for Nepal, but always felt that they lacked a little something. It combines essential trekking information for major treks along with great descriptions of climbing routes all written compactfully in one easy to manage book. It is thorough, well-written and very complete. It not only describes the trek or climb, but also provides a good brief history, alternatives, good graphics and a great strip maps which provide altitude, time, distance charts which I find very helpful. It's well written and has good maps and a lot of useful information in charts as well as text. The photos are excellent and both beautiful and useful. Overall, I found this to be the most useful single trekking guide and began to use it immediately.

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