Lost in the Valley of Death
A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas
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Lost in the Valley of Death
Narrateur(s):
Harley Rustad
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Harley Rustad
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Harley Rustad
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ONE OF CBC'S BEST CANADIAN NONFICTION BOOKS OF 2022
For fans of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, the riveting story of the unsolved disappearance of an American backpacker in India—one of at least two dozen tourists who have met a similar fate in the remote and storied Parvati Valley.
For centuries, India has enthralled Westerners looking for an exotic getaway, a brief immersion in yoga and meditation, or, in rare cases, a true pilgrimage to find spiritual revelation. Justin Alexander Shetler, an inveterate traveler trained in wilderness survival, was one such seeker.
In his early thirties, Justin quit his job at a tech startup and set out on a global journey—across the United States by motorcycle, then down to South America, and on to the Philippines, Thailand, and Nepal—in search of authentic experiences and meaningful encounters while documenting his travels on Instagram. His enigmatic character and magnetic personality gained him a devoted following who lived vicariously through his adventures. But the ever-restless explorer was driven to seek out ever-greater extremes, and greater risks, in what had become a personal quest—his own hero’s journey.
In 2016, he made his way to the Parvati Valley, a remote and rugged corner of the Indian Himalayas steeped in mystical tradition and shrouded in darkness and danger. There he spent weeks studying under the guidance of a sadhu, an Indian holy man, living and meditating in a cave. At the end of August, accompanied by the sadhu, he set off on a spiritual journey to a holy lake—one from which he would never return.
Lost in the Valley of Death is about one man’s search to find himself, in a country where, for many Westerners, the path to spiritual enlightenment can prove fraught, even treacherous. But it is also a story about all of us and the ways, sometimes extreme, we seek fulfillment in life.
Insight into persons obsession.
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Harley Rustad has clearly researched this story in intricate detail and with a solid cultural and geographical sensibility (since they have also traveled to many of the same regions). What struck me most about their writing is their ability to describe people, places and situations so clearly and beautifully. In many ways this story, as written by Rustad, reads as a gesture of love to a human life lived to the fullest. He does not shy away from exploring Justin's strengths or weaknesses , but instead presents these very human aspects as parts of the whole person, the whole picture, and the whole story. I felt as though in some small way I knew Justin Alexander, and at the end of the book I also mourned the unexplained loss of a soul striving to burn bright.
A captivating reading journey
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