A Few Feet Short: An Uncommon Journey to Everest

by Jamey Glasnovic

Overview

In the follow-up to his first book, Lost and Found, Jamey Glasnovic ventures into the Himalaya to get away from the monotony of the workaday grind, searching for direction, inspiration and for his place in the world.

From the Kathmandu Valley to the Middle Hills and the highest peaks on the planet, Glasnovic’s journey takes him through the cultural melting pot of northeastern Nepal and up into the Khumbu Valley, traditional homeland of the Sherpa people, finding his way eventually, and without any intention of actually climbing it, to the base of that most iconic of mountains, Everest.

What should be a journey back in time to a land without roads or central heating or convenience stores (and until recently without reliable electricity or internet access either), is in reality a visit to a rapidly changing collection of cultures desperate to keep up with the busy world around them. A Few Feet Short is at once a search for enlightenment, a quest for spiritual guidance, and a simple pilgrimage along ancient and well-trodden trails that begins with that age-old question ‘What do I want to do with my life, anyway?’

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781771602921
Publisher:	Rocky Mountain Books
Publication date:	11/02/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	376
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

Jamey Glasnovic was born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1968, and grew up in the suburb of Beaconsfield. A family trip to Spain when Jamey was seven was the first step in creating an avid traveller, and he was drawn early in life to such faraway destinations as Australia, Japan, Mexico and Ireland. He has visited much of North America, from Florida to Alaska, and repeated trips to the mountain West led to a move to Calgary in 1995. After relocating to Canmore in 2004, Glasnovic began freelancing for newspapers such as the Banff Crag&Canyon, the Canmore Leader and Rocky Mountain Outlook, and he continued to roam. Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Nepal and Tibet have since been checked off his life list of destinations. His first book, Lost and Found: Adrift in the Canadian Rockies, was published by RMB in 2014. More stories and photos by the author can be found at jglas.com. Jamey Glasnovic lives in Canmore, AB.

Table of Contents

Maps 8

Part 1 The High Country 11

Free Again at Last 13

Part 2 The Middle Hills 25

Kathmandu 27

Durbar Square 37

Dragging My Feet 55

The Friendship Highway 73

The Climb from Hell 91

Starting Over 109

Charikot 131

The World at Five Kilometres an Hour 143

La, La, La, La, La, La 161

Junbesi 173

The Trekker Superhighway 187

Part 3 The Himalaya 223

Life in Metropolis 225

Raksi and Dal Bhat 243

The Other Base Camp 257

Death Valley 277

A Super Moon 295

Tengboche 311

The End of the Road 319

Part 4 Epilogue 335

The Canadian Rocky Mountains 337

Acknowledgements 351

Recommended Reading and Source Material 355