Alan Hammond NicholsABOUT THE EDITOR ALAN NICHOLS, is a past president of the New York-based Explorers Club, A trial lawyer, politician, and educator as well as an explorer, Nichols has led four Mongolian Expeditions and nine Explorers Club Flag Expeditions. He is the frst person to bicycle the entire 10,300 mile silk web (aka erroneously Silk Road) from Turkey to China, and also the first Westerner to circumambulate Mount Kailash after it was opened by the Chinese. His numerous publications include To Climb a Sacred Mountain: One Man's Search for God Atop the Holy Mountains of the World; Journey: A Bicycle Odyssey through Central Asia; The Hunted & The Hunter: The Search for the Secret Tomb of Chinggis Qa'an; and The Historical & Technical Sciences for Finding the Secret Tomb of Emperor Chinggis Qa'an Founder of the Mongol Empire [including] A Geophysical Analysis of Mountain X. Read More Read Less