Asia – Birgit-Hitz.de

25 Jan 2020

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“Nanga Parbat”

Several expeditions also from Germany attempted to climb the Nanga Parbat before 1953. (more…)

27 Dec 2019

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“Die Wüste Gobi: Durch das Land ohne Wasser” by Bruno Baumann

The Gobi Desert is about four times larger than Germany (more…)

30 Aug 2019

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“Hunza. Ein Volk ohne Krankheit” by Herrmann Schäfer

Herrmann Schäfer and his wife traveled to Hunza in 1977. (more…)

30 Aug 2019

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“Among muslims: Meeting at the frontiers of Pakistan” by Kathleen Jamie

Kathleen Jamie traveled through the north of Pakistan in the early 1990s (more…)

30 Aug 2019

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“Under the Persimmon Tree” by Suzanne Fisher Staples

Nadschmah lives with her family in a small village in northern Afghanistan. (more…)

02 Jun 2019

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“Mantao the Jester King” by Manfred Kyber

A beautiful, profound and thought provoking fairytale (more…)

02 Jun 2019

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“Ancient Futures” by Helena Norberg-Hodge

This book has been published in 1993 and since then Ladakh has changed (more…)

27 Feb 2019

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“Between the Great Divide” by Anam Zakaria

Hundreds of interviews are the basis for describing what was happening and taking place in Kashmir. (more…)

27 Feb 2019

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“Epic” compiled by Clint Willies

In the book are stories about ascents to the highest peaks in the world, in Alaska, Nepal, Pakistan and Antarctica. (more…)

27 Feb 2019

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“Touching My Father’s Soul” by Jamling Tenzing Norgay

Everyone knows that Mount Everest was first climbed by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953. (more…)