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Following his vivid account of traveling with one of the last camel caravans on earth in *Men of Salt*, Michael Benanav now brings us along on a journey with a tribe of forest-dwelling nomads in India. Welcomed into a family of nomadic water buffalo herders, he joins them on their annual spring migration into the Himalayas. More than a glimpse into an endangered culture, this superb adventure explores the relationship between humankind and wild lands, and the dubious effect of environmental conservation on peoples whose lives are inseparably intertwined with the natural world.The migration Benanav embarked upon was plagued with problems, as government officials threatened to ban this nomadic family—and others in the Van Gujjar tribe—from the high alpine meadows where they had summered for centuries. Faced with the possibility that their beloved buffaloes would starve to death, and that their age-old way of life was doomed, the family charted a risky new course, which would culminating in an astonishing mountain rescue. And Benanav was arrested for documenting the story of their plight.Intimate and enthralling, *Himalaya Bound* paints a sublime picture of a rarely-seen world, reveal

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Author

Benanav, Michael

Publisher

Pegasus Books

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781643131382

Category

travel

Subjects

Sports, Science, Travel

Rating

4.6 / 5 (72 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14