to a mountain in tibet (colin thubron, harper 2011)外语英文电子书

《to a mountain in tibet (colin thubron, harper 2011)外语英文电子书》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。

1、ColinThubronToaMountaininTibetContentsMapChapterOneThesunisrisingtoitszenith.Silver-greyboulderslie…ChapterTwoIwakeuptoastormyskyandasallow…ChapterThreeOvernighttherainhascleanedtheearth,blowinglightlyup…ChapterFourBlackcrowsarepickingoverthecampsite.Thedawnsky…ChapterFiveFrom

2、farupourpath,Yangarremainsinsight,and…ChapterSixInhismonastery’sgardeninKathmandu,Tashitalkedofthe…ChapterSevenAtfirstlightaherdofgoatscomesjostlingand…ChapterEightIntherestlessnight–thevillagedogshowlingfromtherubbish…ChapterNineIwaketotheforagingofmulesinthenearby…Chap

3、terTenAsteeproadtakesourLandCruisersnorth.Behindus…ChapterElevenAtnight,thesilenceofthelakeisprickedonly…ChapterTwelveIn1715theJesuitmissionaryIppolitoDesideri,travellingfromKashmir…ChapterThirteenThepilgrimscirclingtheflagpoleinthevalleymightbe…ChapterFourteenThetruestartofth

4、ekoraishere,onthe…ChapterFifteenBeforedawn,whenIemergefromourtent,thesky…SearchableTermsAbouttheAuthorOtherBooksbyColinThubronCreditsCopyrightAboutthePublisherMapCHAPTERONEThesunisrisingtoitszenith.Silver-greyboulderslietumbledalongthetrackamongmattressesofthornsandsmoke-blueflowe

5、rs.Thestormcloudsthathangonthefarthermountainsdonotmove.Thereisnosoundbutthescrunchofourbootsandtheclinkofthesherpa’strekkingpole.Underfootthestonesglistenwithquartz.Thesefirsthourshavearawexhilaration.Thetrackshimmersaheadwithahardbrilliance.Theearthisyoungagain.Perhapsitisthealtit

6、udethatbringsthislightnessandanticipation.Withinanhourwehaveflownfromnearsealeveltoover8,000feet,andIfeelweightless,asifmystepswillleavenotrace.BeneathusthelittletownofSimikothangsaboveanabyssofemptyvalleys.Itscorrugated-ironroofsflashamongpatchesofgreenbarley.Itisslippingbehindus.Fro

7、mitsrunwayofparchedearththeTwinOtteraircraftthatcarriedusinhasalreadyturnedandflownawaybetweenthemountains.Therearenoroadshere.HumlaistheremotestregioninNepal,littlevisitedbytrekkersevennow.Thenearestpavedhighway–thelowlandroutefromKathmandutoDelhi–lieshundredsofmountainmilestothe

8、south