Himalayan Echoes: a Septuagenarian's Traverse of Mustang and Inner
Dolpo Phillip Sturgeon with Judith Forrestal
Book Faith India, 1998
Rs 480

Known as the "Oldest Old Man in Trekking", Sturgeon gives an interesting account of his adventures through the remote Inner Dolpo, an inner sanctum of the Himalaya that was opened to Westerners only in 1992. The septuagenarian reveals the pleasures and pains of traversing this difficult terrain in an appealing easy and conversational style.