{"id":298,"date":"2019-12-08T21:20:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T21:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandonwilsonauthor.com\/pt-wp\/?page_id=298"},"modified":"2026-03-20T09:54:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:54:44","slug":"yak-butter-blues-a-tibetan-trek-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brandonwilsonauthor.com\/pt-wp\/all-my-books\/yak-butter-blues-a-tibetan-trek-of-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Yak Butter Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Recent Books Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; min_height=&#8221;293px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; bottom_divider_height=&#8221;50px&#8221; bottom_divider_flip=&#8221;vertical&#8221; bottom_divider_height_tablet=&#8221;40px&#8221; bottom_divider_height_phone=&#8221;25px&#8221; bottom_divider_height_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#383e59&#8243; 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Join their adventure from Lhasa, Tibet to Kathmandu, Nepal as they attempt to become the first Western couple to complete this perilous pilgrimage trek across the wild Himalayan plains.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Alone, with only their stalwart Tibetan horse named Sadhu, they face Tibet&#8217;s ruthless environment head-on: the blistering winds, extreme temperatures, sandstorms, blizzards, high altitudes and the thinnest of air\u2013made all the more challenging by exhaustion, hunger, illness, inflexible bureaucrats and trigger-happy soldiers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #660000;\">A STORY OF ADVENTURE AND THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The land and climate leave their imprints daily. 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