Behind the Falls

A magical journey through the beautiful, mysterious and unforgiving landscapes of the Tsangpo Gorges in Tibet. Ian A. Baker, Buddhist scholar and one of the "Explorers for the Millennium" makes an incredible discovery that explorers have searched for in vain for more than a century - a paradise here on earth. In January 1999 the National Geographic Society announced Ian Baker's discovery of a waterfall, rumoured to be the entrance to Shangri-La - the long-hidden door to a deeper spiritual dimension. In the farthest corners of Tibet, long before Europeans concerned themselves with the course of the Tsangpo and the quest for a lost waterfall, Tibetans and mystics journeyed to the regions of the Tsangpo gorges in search of an earthly paradise described in ancient Buddhist texts. Some returned with tales of Edenic valleys, mystical visions and waterfalls rumoured to lead to a lost world. Many of these intrepid pilgrims disappeared in the jungles never to be heard from again. Ian A. Baker returned safely from his expedition and has written this documentation of his experiences.