Is a rather interesting book. The book allows me to follow the journey of Rick Ridgeway (the author) and his teammates on their journey to discover the migration route of the chiru (the tibetan antelope).
What is special is that it is a journey on foot across inhospitable terrains. They are helping the wildlife biologist George Schaller to track/discover the chiru breeding ground.
Chiru is a protected species that is hunted to make the Shatoosh shawl, the world's finest and most expensive shawl. Unfortunately to get the wool, chiru is sacrified. The project is a success as the information gathers during the expedition is used to make the case of making the shatoosh wool illegal in many countries.
Is quite a amazing journey and makes me one to see a Chiru in real next time! :)
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