The Snow Leopard Campus Verlag or how seeds have influenced

or how seeds have influenced everything from the voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Industrial Revolution to the shape of the human face

es ist alles andere als abwegig

scheint nur noch eine leere Kulisse seines Elends zu sein

" Design: Roger Willems

first published in 1969

The Snow Leopard Campus Verlag or how seeds have influencedThis is the account of a journey to the dazzling Tibetan plateau of Dolpo in the high Himalayas. In 1973 Matthiessen made the 250 mile trek to Dolpo, as part of an expedition to study wild blue sheep. It was an arduous, sometimes dangerous, physical endeavour: exertion, blisters, blizzards, endless negotiations with sherpas, quaking cold. But it was also a 'journey of the heart' amongst the beauty and indifference of the mountains Matthiessen was