Mark Cocker

Where time stands still: a Himalayan pilgrimage

Paolo Cognetti travels to Nepal in the steps of Peter Matthiessen to find the last place on Earth to have remained unchanged

The bharal, or Himalayan blue sheep, the focus of Peter Matthiessen’s The Snow Leopard. Credit: Alamy

  • Without Ever Reaching the Summit: A Himalayan Journey

    Paolo Cognetti, translated by Stash Luczkiw

    Harvill Secker, pp. 160, £10

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