The ultimate baby-boomer adventure story, Walking the Gobi is the story of 63 year old Helen Thayer and her 74 year old husband Bill’s 1600 mile walk across the Gobi desert.

• Author Helen Thayer is an icon among women adventurers
• Details the 60 day struggle to keep moving through this inhospitable terrain without sponsors, a support team, or radio contact –a journey of pure discovery and adventure
• Introduces reader to the nomadic residents of the Gobi desert and their ancestors 
• Insights into the natural history of the Gobi desert
• 272 pages