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A Story of Karma : Finding Love and Truth in the Lost Valley of the Himalaya

29 Sep 2020

A deeply personal travel memoir that combines alpine adventure, family connections, and spiritual encounters in two very different worlds: a Himalayan village and Vancouver, Canada. In 2012, Michael Schauch and his wife, Chantal, undertook an expedition deep in the Himalaya of northern Nepal, into a remote valley that had been closed off to outsiders for decades. They led a team of artists (a photographer, a musician, and a painter), with the objective of capturing a moment in time through their unique lenses. As a mountaineering fanatic, Michael had a second (and less conspicuous) goal to climb an unknown mountain he had only identified through a photograph. What unfolded in the mountains forced him to question his values and his own identity, and eventually resulted in meeting a little girl, which was the most profound encounter of his life. Little did either know that from that moment they would completely change the trajectory of each other's life. A Story of Karma recounts this journey, and the years that follow as Karma (the little girl), and Michael and Chantal grow their lives together amidst the confusing dichotomies and backdrop of Karma's 17th-century Himalayan village; the impoverished and polluted Kathmandu; and the modern world of Vancouver, Canada.
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Michael Schauch

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Includes bibliographical references
Control Number Identifier
CaOOCEL
Date published
2020.
Description conventions
rda
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
954.96
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
23
Distributor
Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
General Note
Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
Geographic Area Code
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ISBN
1771604689 9781771604673 9781771604680
LCCN
DS493.53
LCCN Item number
S33 2020eb
Modifying agency
CaBNVSL
Original cataloging agency
EBLCP
Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (263 pages)
Published in
Victoria, British Columbia
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CaOOCEL
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Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
System Control Number
(CaBNVSL)kck00241487 (OCoLC)1182860225 (CaOOCEL)458774
System Details Note
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Transcribing agency
EBLCP

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