Yaks and cataracts

<p>In 1913 Ada Moore rode her pony along the ancient trade route from Srinagar to Leh in Ladakh to join the Moravian Mission there. This was the end of a journey which began in a laundry in Scarborough ten years before and the beginning of an extraordinary thirteen years living and working amongst the Tibetan people of this remote part of India.<br />Ada’s daughter Monica was born near the Tibetan border. Her book describes living high in the Himalayas in the first half of the 20th century. It gives a rare insight into the domestic and professional life of the missionaries who from running a school to giving medical help in the most primitive conditions were involved with the lives of the local people and who worked to build a connection between different cultures. It tells what they learnt of local customs and beliefs and recounts their hair-raising adventures while travelling by yak and pony amongst some of the most beautiful and dramatic scenery in the world.<br /> </p>