Comments on: The Ascent of Nanda Devi | Travel Book Review https://tarungoel.in/2015/10/11/the-ascent-of-nanda-devi-travel-book-review/ TravelTales,Conversations,Stories, and Life Sat, 13 Aug 2016 16:15:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.4 By: Bharat Singh Bhadwal https://tarungoel.in/2015/10/11/the-ascent-of-nanda-devi-travel-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-54165 Wed, 21 Oct 2015 04:18:54 +0000 https://tarungoel.in/?p=4171#comment-54165 The Roskelley Collection: Stories Off the Wall, Nanda Devi, and Last Days is a nice follow up to this book. Its available in electronic format on Google Play books.

Nanda devi comes with its own set of anecdotes.

In 1965, Schaller was part of an American spy team that tried to place a nuclear-powered surveillance device on top of Nanda Devi, one of the highest mountains in the world.

An excellent article covering Schaller can be found on – http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Spy-Robert-Schaller-s-life-of-secrecy-betrayal-1232285.php?source=mypi

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