Buried in the Sky The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest

Name: Buried in the Sky The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest
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ISBN: 9780393345414

ISBN-10: 0393345416

ISBN-13: 9780393345414

Edition: 2013

Authors: Peter Zuckerman, Amanda Padoan

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When Edmund Hillary first conquered Mt. Everest, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was at his side. Indeed, for as long as Westerners have been climbing the Himalaya, Sherpas have been the unsung heroes in the background. In August 2008, when eleven climbers lost their lives on K2, the world’s most dangerous peak, two Sherpas survived. They had emerged from poverty and political turmoil to become two of the most skillful mountaineers on earth. Based on unprecedented access and interviews, Buried in the Sky reveals their astonishing story for the first time.Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan explore the intersecting lives of Chhiring Dorje Sherpa and Pasang Lama, following them from their villages high…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/3/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.23" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.550

Amanda Padoan is a mountaineer and alpine historian. She studied literature at Harvard University and law at Pepperdine School of Law. Amanda writes for Explorersweb and has contributed to Rock and Ice and The Alpinist. Her friend, Karim Meherban, died in the 2008 K2 disaster.



List of Maps


List of Characters


Author's Note


Prologue: The Death Zone



Ambition



Summit Fever



Doorway to Heaven



The Prince and the Porter



The Celebrity Ethnicity



Insha' Allah



Conquest



The Approach



Weather Gods



Ghost Winds



Through the Bottleneck



Descent



Escape from the Summit



Sonam



Survival



Buried in the Sky



The Fearless Five



The Next Life


Acknowledgments


Background Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index