One of the most comprehensive guides to Tibet available. Thoroughly revised and updated new edition. Features one of the most detailed histories of Tibetan culture and geography available for travelers. Includes a new trekking route over a glaciated 19,300-foot pass used by Heinrich Harrer, author of Seven Years in Tibet. In the new edition of this indispensible trekking guide to Tibet, travelers will learn the necessities of pre-trip planning and how to seek out the most rewarding treks in a region of the world few get to visit. New features of the 3rd edition include: expanded section on East Tibet, with a new 15-day bicycle route around one of region's holiest mountains; new five-day trek in the popular Lhasa region of the pilgrimage circuit of Lhamo Latsho; new trek route over a pass used by George Mallory in 1921 on his first reconnaissance of Everest; new two-day trek in the Shishapangma region; four new treks in the Mount Kailash region. "If you really want to get into Tibet, this book will surely take you there." -- New York Newsday, on the 2nd edition