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Himalaya
Introduction
To their enormous credit, our production team soothed troubled brows successfully and we were able to leave for the Khyber Pass in May 2003.There were crisis points, including a brush with the Maoists in Nepal, a nasty bout of illness halfway up Annapurna, and the loss, and subsequent recovery, of one of our crew to altitude sickness as we pushed up to Everest Base Camp. There were problems that could have been much worse, like the SARS epidemic in China, snowstorms in Bhutan and strikes in Bangladesh, but we were more or less intact by the time our tired little band emerged triumphant from a circuitous progress through six countries and 3000 miles of Himalaya at the beginning of April 2004.
The schedule was very tight, and I'm aware that these diaries are stronger on spontaneity than sober reflection.
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PALIN'S GUIDES
- Series: Himalaya
- Chapter: Introduction
- Country/sea: England
- Place: London
- Book page no: 6
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