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One of the world's great mountain climbers returns to the Himalayan Mountains, where he explores the mystery of Yeti, or "abominable snowman". Original.

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In another adult book by a Himalayan adventurer, Messner encountered a creature that he believed could be the Yeti during a 1986 climbing expedition. Hooked on the notion, he then spent 11 years trying to prove the Yeti’s existence, with multiple expeditions through Tibet, Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Ladakh.

Brilliantly insightful first-person account!

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