Spy On The Roof Of The World

Espionage and survival in the himalayas paperback july 1 2000.

Spy on the roof of the world.

It was so unusual and so interesting a view point of the chinese by a scotsman who worked as a spy for the indian army that he loved and respected in addition to climbing the treacherous gurla mandhata which had been his lifelong mountaineering ambition as a member of the scottish himalayan club who suffered being captured imprisoned and tortured by them. Free shipping on qualifying offers. In this cross between a travel adventure story and an espionage novel sydney wignall tells how he became an ad hoc spy for a renegade faction of indian intelligence operatives in 1955. Espionage and survival in the himalayas.

While organizing a himalayan expedition in 1955 to climb tibet s highest peak welsh mountaineer wignall was recruited as a spy by india s secret service. Spy on the roof of the world. Spy on the roof of the world. Espionage and survival in the himalayas paperback published july 1st 2000 by the lyons press.

Sydney wignall author visit amazon s sydney wignall page. Spy on the roof of the world. In the closing weeks of 1964 the us central intelligence agency was gripped by anxiety in the wake of troubling news. Spy on the roof of the world.

Wignall had set out to climb the highest mountain in tibet but was recruited to investigate chinese military activity in the region. A true story of espionage survival in the himalayas. Spy on the roof of the world. Spy on the roof of the world.

In this true story of espionage and survival in the himalayas wignall tells of his 1955 expedition to climb tibet s highest mountain and his mission to report on chinese military operations in newly invaded tibet. Spies on the roof of the world china s first nuclear test codename 596. Free shipping on qualifying offers.