Soviet Deserts and Mountains by George St. George

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Although the political boundaries changes since I added this book to my home library, the desert, foothill and mountain wilderness still forms a geographical bridge between the Middle East and Far East. I enjoyed the text by George St. George as much as I enjoyed the pictures of a region:

"After about three miles, however, the novelty of walking in a glacial riverbed began to pall. I was drenched and my shoes were falling apart. I am an adventurous type--I spent my youth tramping over the Siberian tundra--the the Bartang crack was, as far as I was concerned strictly for cockroaches."

And yet, he finds the answer of why people would live in such inhospitable wilderness: freedom.



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