Himalayan Heist Quotes

“The Himalayas were visible at last. What I could see now was a great wall of ice, snow and rock stretching to the horizon in two directions. Something like a cloud was powering off one of the steepest slopes at incredible speed – an avalanche. The sky was turning pink. The highest snowy slopes were rosy and the sun picked out sharp angles in the mountains.”
― Jane Wilson-Howarth, Himalayan Heist: an Alex and James wildlife adventure in Nepal

“Fear is a funny unpredictable thing.”
― Jane Wilson-Howarth, Himalayan Heist: an Alex and James wildlife adventure in Nepal

“Ready?’ Bim and James nodded and clung on to the flimsy bamboo basketwork that formed the sides of the tray. I pushed them over the edge. They sped away, rattling down. The little basket went hurtling away with James shrieking like a crazed jackal. They reached the lowest point on the cable and continued a little way up on the other side. The momentum didn’t help them much though. Soon they had stopped and Bim was standing with both her hands on the cable. If you lost balance and grabbed the cable downhill of the wheels, I could picture now how easy it would be for the wheels – pulled down by your body weight – to run over your fingers. Bim was trying to pull them up the other side.”
― Jane Wilson-Howarth, Himalayan Heist: an Alex and James wildlife adventure in Nepal