To a Mountain in Tibet

To a Mountain in Tibet is a nonfiction book by British travel writer Colin Thubron describing his journey to Mount Kailash through a remote region of Nepal and Tibet.

Background
The book chronicles the author's travels, who sets out on foot from Humla District of Nepal with a cook, a guide, and a horseman. After initially following the course of the Karnali River, the team heads in the direction of the Nalakankar Himal and enters Tibet.

Reception
Sara Wheeler writing for The Guardian, "To a Mountain in Tibet offers no redemption and no conclusion. Instead, it is an elegy for everything that makes us human. You can't ask more of a book than that, can you?"

Writing for The Wall Street Journal, Alice Albinia says, "Mr. Thubron has spent four decades writing in forceful and respectful ways of foreign lands, and ' To a Mountain in Tibet' is no exception."