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First published in Canada 2012 by Pottersfield Press
This edition published 2014
Text © Jono Lineen, 2012
This book is copyright. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 and subsequent amendments, no part may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means or process whatsoever without the prior written permission of the publishers.
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A donation from the proceeds of the sale of this book will be made to the Australian Himalayan Foundation in acknowledgement of the work the undertake across the mountain range. www.australianhimalayanfoundation.org.au
Translation of traditional song on page 258 courtesy Anjali Capila, Associate Professor in Development and Communications, Lady Irwin College, New Delhi
Cover design by Nada Backovic
Printed in Australia by McPherson’s Printing Group
National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry
Lineen, Jono
Into the Heart of the Himalayas: Alone Across the Highest Mountains on Earth/Jono Lineen.
9780522866001 (paperback)
9780522866018 (ebook)
Lineen, Jono—Travel.
Hiking—Himalaya Mountains Region.
Himalaya Mountains Region.
915.496