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(Created page with "thumb|Parvati Valley <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tosh_in_Monsoon,_July_2017.jpg]</ref> Parvati Valley is situated in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. From the confluence of the Parvati River with the River Beas, the Parvati Valley runs eastwards, through a steep-sided valley from the town of Bhuntar, in the Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh in Northern India. ==Overview== File:TundaBhuj.jpg|thum...") |
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==Disappearances== | ==Disappearances== | ||
According to journalist Harley Rustad’s 2022 non-fiction book Lost in the Valley of Death: Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas, | According to journalist Harley Rustad’s 2022 non-fiction book Lost in the Valley of Death: Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas, dozens of tourists have mysteriously disappeared in the Parvati Valley. | ||
As Rustad writes "...the Parvati Valley has earned its own nicknames: the Valley of shadows, the Valley of Death. It is a place where every movement exists on a knife edge, where a wrong turn tips a vehicle over an unbarriered cliff edge, a wrong step pitches a traveler into the churning maelstrom of the river, a wrong turn sends a hiker to ranges unknown. Since the early 1990s, dozens of international backpackers have vanished without a trace while traveling in and around the Parvati Valley, an average of one every year, earning this tiny, remote sliver of the subcontinent a dark reputation as India's backpacker Bermuda Triangle. Though the circumstances of each disappearance are different—the tourist's country of origin; villages visited or paths walked; last known location—yet eerily similar. All feature a spirited backpacker seeking an off-the-beaten-track adventure, a collection of anecdotes from fellow travelers relating the backpacker's final days, a family's anguished search, and thousands of unanswered questions." | As Rustad writes "...the Parvati Valley has earned its own nicknames: the Valley of shadows, the Valley of Death. It is a place where every movement exists on a knife edge, where a wrong turn tips a vehicle over an unbarriered cliff edge, a wrong step pitches a traveler into the churning maelstrom of the river, a wrong turn sends a hiker to ranges unknown. Since the early 1990s, dozens of international backpackers have vanished without a trace while traveling in and around the Parvati Valley, an average of one every year, earning this tiny, remote sliver of the subcontinent a dark reputation as India's backpacker Bermuda Triangle. Though the circumstances of each disappearance are different—the tourist's country of origin; villages visited or paths walked; last known location—yet eerily similar. All feature a spirited backpacker seeking an off-the-beaten-track adventure, a collection of anecdotes from fellow travelers relating the backpacker's final days, a family's anguished search, and thousands of unanswered questions." | ||
Some of the high-profile disappearances include 2016’s Justin Shetler of the United States, 2015’s Bruno Muschalik of Poland, 1997’s Ardavan Taherzadeh of Canada, and 1996’s Ian Mogford of Britain. | Some of the high-profile disappearances include 2016’s Justin Shetler of the United States, 2015’s Bruno Muschalik of Poland, 1997’s Ardavan Taherzadeh of Canada, and 1996’s Ian Mogford of Britain. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||