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 enlarge | Author: Peter Heller
Creator: Patrick Lawlor
Publisher: Tantor Media
Category: Book
List Price: $34.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 1879343
Format: Audiobook, Cd, Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 9
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 5.4 x 1
ISBN: 1400101417
Dewey Decimal Number: 797
EAN: 9781400101412
ASIN: 1400101417
Publication Date: October 15, 2004
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 Get the DVD instead September 12, 2005
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I don't even understand why Peter Heller wrote this book. First of all, his descriptive skills are awful. How he could fail to give the reader a sense of what the Gorge is really like is beyond me. Ian Baker's book does a much better job. Secondly, he was a hack commercial journalist scabbing along on a legendary expedition. I give him credit for pulling no punches regarding the kayakers' feelings about him. After slogging through this underwhelming book, I bought the DVD that the kayakers shot. Much more bang for the buck. Peter Heller needs to learn a lesson that my 7th grade English teacher taught me: Show me, don't tell me.
 IS IT THAT GOOD? BETTER!!! August 19, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is an extrodinary book. How these paddlers trekked up this Gorge (with kayaks)and paddled the Tsangpo is absolutely amazing. I did like when the author talked about the history of the Gorge..the steepness..etc. I'm sad that I finished it. No, there is no pictures (for a certain 4th grader)...BUT if you want to SEE this magnificent scenery AND WATCH these exceptional paddlers then buy Scott Lindgren's DVD "Into The Tsangpo Gorge"..its the movie version to this book. ITS ABSOLUTELY JAW DROPPING! Once you watch this DVD..you will want to read the book again. Anyone who has an interest in this part of the world will ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS BOOK AND DVD!!
Just not that good July 20, 2005
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Disappointing. This book is not particularly well-written. Heller waxes majestically about the scenery and topography he sees, but I still can't visualize it. And he shifts his voice several times throughout the book, sometimes writing as if he were delivering sacred text, other times casually reaching out and attempting to speak to the reader one-on-one. It's hard to get a feel for the story he's trying to tell. Add that to the fact that there is not a single compelling character in the book and it makes it a little tough to slog through. I find that I just don't care what happens to these people. And this may sound silly, but an adventure book without pictures of the location is a bad idea. I hate to sound like I'm in 4th grade, but it would have been really helpful to have some visual aids to understand the geography they were in and the effect of the water on their kayaking. No photos. It hurts the book.
 emphasis off the river July 8, 2005
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book. However a lot of the writing focus is off the river.
Disappointed, Confused February 27, 2005
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
After reading many adventure stories in the past few years, this was the least satisfying. The whitewater descriptions were not clear enough for the uninitiated to appreciate and understand. The two included maps were not very helpful either. Photographs would have helped. Although the paddlers were risking their lives amost every day, I never got involved with them enough to care. In the end I felt sorry for the author who himself endured so much pain but was restricted by the paddlers from using all means of communicating the story.
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