The Heart of the World

By Ian Baker

Subjects: Biography & Autobiography, Discoveries in geography, Nonfiction, Discovery and exploration, Religion & Spirituality, Description and travel, China, description and travel, Travel, Tibet autonomous region (china), description and travel

Description: The Heart of the World recounts an extraordinary journey into one of the most inaccessible places on earth, and a pilgrimage to the heart of Tibetan Buddhism. Tibetan prophecies proclaim that the greatest of beyul, or mystical sanctuaries, lies at the eastern edge of the Himalayas, veiled by a colossal waterfall in the forbidding Tsangpo gorge. After years of investigation, world-class climber and Buddhist scholar Ian Baker and his National Geographic-sponsored team made worldwide news by finding a magnificent 108-foot-high waterfall—the legendary grail of both Western explorers and Tibetan pilgrims.