Zen in the Art of Climbing Mountains

by Neville Shulman

Book Overview

Mountains, psychologists will tell you, can produce a state of reverie in humans who wander among them. So, too, can meditation, the simple act of sitting still and letting go of worries. Most of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852303859
• ISBN13: 9781852303853
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Element Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Intrepid traveler

Neville Shulman is one of the last of the great British adventurers. He has tackled Kilamanjoro, the Borneo jungle and the south pole -- often going it alone in extremely adverse circumstances to raise money for worthy British charities. His Zen practice keeps him in good stead under often grueling and unexpected circumctances and when he -finally- returns to the comforts of home he manages to capture the excitement, adventure, beauty, and above all the sense of personal challenge -- one man against the elements - that has almost disappeared from out post-modern consciousness. His books are admirable reminders of what the human heart, mind and soul are capable of.

5 stars for the "Gumby" review

What a superb brief description of an awful book. My 5 stars are for the "Gumby" review. I recognize the profile: melodramatist with regretably easy access to word processor gets scared in the woods. Oh, brother.