The Himalaya span a distance of roughly 2,500 kilometres in length and between 350 and 150kilometres in breadth, rising to a maximum height of almost 9 kilometres above sea level.In Wild Himalaya, award-winning author Stephen Alter brings alive the greatest mountainrange on earth in all its terrifying beauty, grandeur and complexity. Travelling to all the fivecountries that the Himalayan range traverses—India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal and China—Alter braids together on-the-ground reports with a deep understanding and study of thehistory, science, geology, environment, flora, fauna, myth, folklore, spirituality, climate andhuman settlements of the region to provide a nuanced and rich portrait of these legendarymountains. Adding colour to the narrative are riveting tales unearthed by the author of someof the range’s most storied peaks—Everest or Chomolungma, Kanchenjunga, Annapurna,Dhaulagiri, Nanga Parbat and others.