Among Warriors - A Woman Martial Artist in Tibet

In the fortress that is Tibet no place is more remote than the province of Kham and no people more elusive than the Khampa, the fierce horsemen who for twenty-five years waged a relentless guerrilla war against the Chinese occupation. In this breathtakingly vivid book, another kind of warrior sets out to find them. Pamela Logan holds a third-degree black belt in karate - and she brings to her search for the Khampa the same discipline, concentrated attention, and disregard for limits that helped her master her martial art.

In Among Warriors, Logan cycles, hitchkikes, and treks across the windswept plateaus and icy mountain passes of easten Tibet. She drinks tea with monks and herdsmen, dodges Chinese police , and watches in awe as religious pilgrims inch their way toward Lhasa by prostrating themselves at every body length. Writing with vast sensory power and sympathy for an embattled culture, Logan produces a fem of travel writing that will captivate anyone interested in Buddhism, the martial arts, or one of the world's last inaccessible regions.

note - inscription on front endpaper.