The Outer Path: Finding My Way in Tibet

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Summary: The Outer Path - Blisters,bikes, and buttered tea
Review: If you've read Pamelea Logan's book Among Warriors you'll love The Outer Path. Jim under goes a bike trip on a single speed Chinese clunker that was bought for 40.00! Ditching the bike and hitching proved more of a faster way to travel. The over all tone of the book was great and I found it hard to put down and Jim describes things very well to the point you see the events as if you were there. Smoky tents,thick hot buttered tea, blisters,blowing sand all of this and no complaining as Jim takes it all in stride considering it part of the path to enlightenment. The picture perfect mountains and breath taking landscape is all here - even a trip to Lhasa and doing it back handed too - you'll see. Unlike Pamela Logan who chickens out when it comes to meeting Khampa Warriors, Jim walks right up to them and strikes up a conversation. Later on he will share a long slow truck ride with them and watch as they drain the truck's rad to get enough water to make tea! Get ready for it people the ride of your life and you won't find a better guide any where but here.Get it while you can as this book is out of print.There are photo's all through the book not just bunched up in the middle as an after thought.Enjoy!