The author accompanied naturalist George Schaller into the Tibetan plateau in the Himalayas in search of blue sheep (more goat than sheep) and their predator, the snow leopard. For months they hike the treacherous mountains to & from Crystal Mountain. A very slow but lovely read, although I tired quickly of the Buddhist history. The author experiences extreme ups and downs and it reminded me so much of Bernard Ollivier‘s walking the Silk Road, ⬇️