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Riding the Dragon's Back: The Race to Raft the Upper Yangtze
by Bangs, Richard, and Kallen, Christian
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Like New/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0689119321
- ISBN 13
- 9780689119323
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Atheneum Books, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good . 9x6x0. A short tear to dustjacket. From the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau at more than 17,000 feet above sea level, the Yangtze sweeps nearly 4000 miles to the East China Sea near Shanghai. Its source, in a remote and sparsely populated area, was discovered in 1985; few travelers had seen the upper river in one of the last unexplored regions on Earth. Bangs and Kallen, coauthors of Rivergods , wanted to be the first Americans to raft the uncharted Great Bend section of the upper Yangtze. They lost out to Ken Warren and his Sino-USA Expedition; in addition, two Chinese groups planned to run the river from its headwaters (altitude 17,660 ft.) to Yibin (797 ft.). In three ill-fated expeditions of 1986 there were six fatalities. The following year, Bangs and Kallen successfully took a team of experienced rafters and well-heeled clients to the river. To their first-rate adventure story, the authors add background material on ethnic groups and early explorers of the region. Photos .
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- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2010028804
- Title
- Riding the Dragon's Back: The Race to Raft the Upper Yangtze
- Author
- Bangs, Richard, and Kallen, Christian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0689119321
- ISBN 13
- 9780689119323
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 9x6x0
- Keywords
- rafting, china, travel
- X weight
- 24 oz
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