Walking the Gobi: A 1600-Mile Trek Across a Desert of Hope and Despair

* The ultimate Baby Boomer adventure story
* The author is an icon among American women adventurers
* By the bestselling author of Polar Dream

At the age of 63, Helen Thayer fulfilled her lifelong dream of crossing Mongolia's Gobi Desert. Accompanied by her 74-year-old husband Bill and two camels, Tom and Jerry, Thayer walked 1600 miles in 126-degree temperatures, battling fierce sandstorms, dehydration, dangerous drug smugglers, and ubiquitous scorpions. For more than 60 days Helen struggled to keep moving through this inhospitable terrain despite a severe leg injury. Without sponsors, a support team, or radio contact, hers is a journey of pure discovery and adventure.

Walking the Gobi takes readers on a trip through a little-known landscape and introduces them to the culture of the nomadic people whose ancestors have eked out an existence in the Gobi for thousands of years. Thayer's respect and admiration for the culture of Gobi and her gentle weaving of natural history shine throughout this remarkable story. The author proves that Baby Boomers don't have to take life lying down-their adventures have just begun.


Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Published: 09/01/2007
ISBN: 9781594850646
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 8.76h x 5.82w x 0.91d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 12/31/2007 pg. 45
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2008 pg. 51
Library Journal 08/20/2007