One winter, Dervla Murphy, the four-footed Hallam (the mule) and her six-year-old daughter Rachel explored 'Little Tibet' high up in the Karakoram Mountains in the frozen heart of the Western Himalayas - on the Pakistan side of the disputed border with Kashmir. For three months they travelled along the perilous Indus Gorge and into nearby valleys. Even when beset by crumbling tracks over bottomless chasms, an assault by a lascivious dashniri, the unnerving melancholy of the Balts - the heroic highland farmers who inhabit ...
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One winter, Dervla Murphy, the four-footed Hallam (the mule) and her six-year-old daughter Rachel explored 'Little Tibet' high up in the Karakoram Mountains in the frozen heart of the Western Himalayas - on the Pakistan side of the disputed border with Kashmir. For three months they travelled along the perilous Indus Gorge and into nearby valleys. Even when beset by crumbling tracks over bottomless chasms, an assault by a lascivious dashniri, the unnerving melancholy of the Balts - the heroic highland farmers who inhabit the area - and Rachel's continual probing questions, this formidable traveller retained her enthusiasm for her surroundings and her sense of humour. First published in 1977, "Where the Indus is Young" is pure Murphy. 'The grandeur, weirdness, variety and ferocity of this region cannot be exaggerated,' she writes of the sub-zero temperatures, harsh winds and whipping sands that they faced. However much the region may have changed due to current day political situations her descriptions of the mountain splendour and cultures she explores are appropriately timeless.
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II was clued into this book when Greg Mortensen reference it in his book "Three Cups of Tea". It was not and easy book to find since it is way out of print but it was completely worth the extended effort and wait. I was riveted by the fortitude and adventuresome spirit of Dervla Murphy and her six year old daughter. When most people would have turned and run, these two endured a daily challenge by the brutal elements of the winter weather and were completely undaunted by the unpredictability of Mother Nature and the power and fragility of the land. In return, they were rewarded with an abiding connection with the people and the landscape. This is a book that will take you to a place that you would never consider going but would love to have the courage to roam. It has the power to change your mind, especially in light of current events, about the dynamics of the region and the people who have lived in such sub-meager circumstances that it would seem that poverty is a step up the ladder. I applaud Dervla Murphy for her courage. For a woman and her young daughter to have completed this trek in 1973 is unthinkable and we owe a debt of gratitude The Misses Murphy for having done so. I am equally grateful to Greg Mortensen for the mention of this book.
