Walking the Gobi: A 1600-Mile Trek Across a Desert of Hope and Despair

Walking the Gobi: A 1600-Mile Trek Across a Desert of Hope and Despair

Helen Thayer
Crossing the Gobi Desert on foot at age 63 — 1,600 miles of sand, wind, and extreme temperature. Thayer is the kind of person who makes you reconsider what's possible.
desert Hiking & Walking Memoir Asia
Buy at Bookshop.org
Publisher Mountaineer Books
Published 2007
Related Wild Words
slot canyon acre-foot yardang YAR-dang tamarisk TAM-uh-risk goatheads balanced rock
You Might Also Like
The Last Cheater’s Waltz: Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest
The Last Cheater’s Waltz: Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest
Ellen Meloy
 Tracks: One Woman’s Journey Across 1,700 Miles of Australian Outback
Tracks: One Woman’s Journey Across 1,700 Miles of Australian Outback
Robyn Davidson
 Lost on a Mountain in Maine
Lost on a Mountain in Maine
Donn Fendler
 Down the Great Unknown
Down the Great Unknown
Edward Dolnick