The Zen Buddhism was cleverly interwoven with the story, but it was the geography and wildlife which mainly interested me, and the descriptions of Nepal which I first visited in 1985. I have been fortunate enough to see large herds of blue sheep at fairly close quarters, and a snow leopard as well, but in Ladakh rather than Nepal and this book …
https://www.amazon.com/Snow-Leopard-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143105515

