美しい内容だった 
（2006-02-10）
動物学者の知人に同行し、ネパールの奥深くに生息する白豹を探しに行くという旅行記だ。
白銀の神々しい世界、六千メートル級の山々が鎮座するなかにあるチベット寺院、ときに狡猾で、ときに愛くるしいシェルパたち、さまざまな種の野生動物...それらが抒情詩的に語られている部分で、きれいな内容だなぁと感激した。頭のなかで描かれている風景を想像しながら、自分も同じく旅をしているように感じました。
gripping adventure （2003-05-28）
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So gripping that one is UNABLE to read straight through--because one occasionally needs to pause from the excitement, to catch one's breath.
Which explains why this became an instant classic when first published in 1978, and why it has remained in print since.
First-hand account by field naturalist and nature writer Peter Matthiessen, who is said to have been the first one to crystallise the now-cliche "sense that one might find oneself in the mountains" . . . most vividly capture mountain-climbing's
spiritually-elevating aspect (yes, it is not done merely "because it is there").
Shares the stage with Erik Weihenmayer's "Touch The Top of The World", Maurice Herzog's "Annapurna", and Joe Simpson's "Touching The Void".
Simply awesome.
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gripping adventure （2003-05-27）
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So gripping that one is UNABLE to read straight through--because one occasionally needs to pause from the excitement, to catch one's breath.
Which explains why this became an instant classic when first published in 1978, and why it has remained in print since.
First-hand account by field naturalist and nature writer Peter Matthiessen, who is said to have been the first one to crystallise the now-cliche "sense that one might find oneself in the mountains" . . . most vividly captures mountain-climbing's spiritually-elevating aspect (yes, it is not done merely "because it is there").
Shares the stage with Erik Weihenmayer's "Touch The Top of The World", Maurice Herzog's "Annapurna", and Joe Simpson's "Touching The Void".
Simply awesome.
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