The Heart of the World is the story of the most captivating story of exploration of recent memory, an extraordinary journey into one of the most inaccessible places on earth, a mediation on our place in nature and a pilgrimage into the Tibetan Buddhist faith. Ian Baker travels into the Tsangpo gorge, the world's deepest and impenetrable chasm, searching for a mythical waterfall that ancient Tibetan tradition believes to the gateway to a mystical paradise, Shangri-La. The heart of the Tsangpo gorge was fully explored only recently by Ian Baker, after years of interviewing lamas, deciphering obscure Buddhist texts and making pilgrimages to the gorge. He descended into the gorge and made international news by finding a 108-foot-high waterfall.

The Heart of the World: A Journey to the Last Secret Place

Religion & Spirituality

Ian Baker

Buddhism

Souvenir Press

<p>Describes the expedition of Buddhist scholar and mountain climber Ian Baker and his National Geographic-sponsored team into the heart of the previously unexplored Tsangpo Gorge, one of the world's most inaccessible and wildest regions, a place that lies at the heart of the Tibetan Buddhist faith. 50,000 first printing.</p>

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

The Penguin Press

Bray for Inspiration

New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd.

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