A Victorian Lady in the Himalayas
Crossing the high Himalayan passes in the middle of winter on horseback is not for the faint-hearted. The Victorian traveller, Maria Caroline Bolitho, although largely unknown, was cur from the same seasoned cloth as more famous women explorers of the time. Undaunted by weather, altitude sickness, lack of food or appropriate clothing, she set off for Ladakh in 1896 accompanied by a female companio...
Crossing the high Himalayan passes in the middle of winter on horseback is not for the faint-hearted. The Victorian traveller, Maria Caroline Bolitho, although largely unknown, was cur from the same seasoned cloth as more famous women explorers of the time. Undaunted by weather, altitude sickness, lack of food or appropriate clothing, she set off for Ladakh in 1896 accompanied by a female companio...
