Beyond the Snow Leopard: Travels through the Himalayas, Buddhism, mountaineering and possible paths to enlightenment

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The sighting of snow leopard tracks in the depths of a Ladkhi winter set off a ten-year journey through a land of mountains, Buddhism, wild creatures and adventurers... "You should come with me to Dolpo next year," said Ade. No further encouragement was required. Dolpo was the land of the snow leopard immortalised by the American author Peter Matthiessen. Without hesitation I said I was going. I wanted to follow in the footsteps of Matthiessen and I dared to hope that I might see a snow leopard. Australian-based, British-born doctor Bill Crozier sets out to seek the snow leopard in the Himalayas- Ladakh, Nepal and Tibet, and finds adventure, friendship, wonder and enlightenment. His guides are the twentieth-century writers of the Himalayas, Peter Matthiessen (The Snow Leopard), George B. Schaller (Stones of Silence), David Snellgrove (Himalayan Pilgrimage) Eric Shipton (That Untravelled World) and the profound writings of Buddhist monks over the centuries. Beyond the Snow Leopard delves in particular into the ancient land of Dolpo, and journeys to the birthplace of the Buddha at Lumbini. Crozier captures the real side of travelling through this contested and harsh region with friends and family, and relates the joys of a lifetime loving the outdoors and mountains.

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Bill Crozier was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in England. He studied medicine at Guy's Hospital, London and, having worked in Emergency Medicine, Cardiology and as a ship's doctor in the Arctic, he trained in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. As a specialist anaesthetist he worked for two years at Johns Hopkins Hospital in the United States before immigrating to Australia in 1990. For over thirty years he has been based in Brisbane. Besides his hospital work in anaesthesia, he developed an interest in high-altitude medicine and physiology and has been the doctor on several mountaineering expeditions.