The Last River
By Todd Balf
2001
This book concerns one of the early attempts at paddling the Tsangpo gorge of the Brahmaputra river - which will likely never be done completely.
Sadly a paddler died, Seattle native Doug Gordon, a classmate of Bill Gates at the Lakeside School. I didn't know Gordon, but it's a safe assumption we were at some event or another.
It's a great companion read to the more spiritually focused 'Heart of the World'. Ian Baker, the author of this piece was in the area at about the same time.
