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Author Rustad, Harley, author.

Title Lost in the Valley of Death : a story of obsession and danger in the Himalayas / Harley Rustad.

Publication Info. [New York, NY] : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  204.4 RUSTAD    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  915.496 RUSTAD    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  917.452 RUSTAD    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Pearl Street Branch Library - Adult Department  915.452 RUS    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO SHETLER    Check Shelf
 Granby, F.H. Cossitt Branch - Adult  915.4 RUS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  915.4 RUS    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  915.452 RUSTAD    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  915.452 RUSTAD    DUE 04-17-24
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  915.496 RUSTAD    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xiv, 286 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-286).
Summary "In his early thirties Justin Alexander Shetler, quit his job at a tech startup and set out on a global journey: across the United States by motorcycle, then down to South America, and on to the Philippines, Thailand, and Nepal, in search of authentic experiences and meaningful encounters, while also documenting his travels on Instagram. His enigmatic character and magnetic personality gained him a devoted following who lived vicariously through his adventures. But the ever restless explorer was driven to pursue ever greater challenges, and greater risks, in what had become a personal quest -- his own hero's journey. In 2016, he made his way to the Parvati Valley, a remote and rugged corner of the Indian Himalayas steeped in mystical tradition yet shrouded in darkness and danger. There, he spent weeks studying under the guidance of a sadhu, an Indian holy man, living and meditating in a cave. At the end of August, accompanied by the sadhu, he set off on a "spiritual journey" to a holy lake -- a journey from which he would never return. Lost in the Valley of Death is about one man's search to find himself, in a country where for many westerners the path to spiritual enlightenment can prove fraught, even treacherous. But it is also a story about all of us and the ways, sometimes extreme, we seek fulfillment in life."-- provided by publisher.
Contents Prologue -- Part I The way. Trailhead ; Visions ; Let it go ; First steps ; Alobar -- Part II The road. Pilgrims ; Solitude ; The Valley of Death ; The cave ; Finding freedom -- Part III The path. Searching ; Alarm ; Into the mist ; Stone Valley ; Footsteps ; Epilogue.
Subject Justin Alexander, 1981-2016?
Missing persons -- Himalaya Mountains.
Adventure and adventurers -- United States -- Biography.
Hikers -- Himalaya Mountains -- Biography.
Wilderness areas -- Himalaya Mountains.
Travel -- Religious aspects.
Adventure travel -- Himalaya Mountains.
Himalaya Mountains.
Adventure travel. (OCoLC)fst00797499
Hikers. (OCoLC)fst01743254
Missing persons. (OCoLC)fst01023702
Travel -- Religious aspects. (OCoLC)fst01155586
Wilderness areas. (OCoLC)fst01175164
Himalaya Mountains. (OCoLC)fst01242048
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Travel writing.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
ISBN 9780062965967 (hardcover)
0062965964 (hardcover)
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