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(<strong>BARGAIN</strong>) <strong>Buried</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sky</strong>: <strong>The</strong> Extraord<strong>in</strong>ary <strong>Story</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sherpa</strong> <strong>Climbers</strong> on K2's Deadliest Day eBook PDF Download ([PDF] Download Ebooks, Ebooks Download and Read Onl<strong>in</strong>e, Read Onl<strong>in</strong>e, Epub Ebook KINDLE, PDF Full eBook )
Product Details : ● ● ● ● ● ● Author : Peter Zuckerman Pages : 320 pages Publisher : W. W. Norton Company Language : ISBN-10 : 0393345416 ISBN-13 : 9780393345414 Overview : Author : Peter Zuckerman Pages : 320 pages Publisher : W. W. Norton Company Language : ISBN-10 : 0393345416 ISBN-13 : 9780393345414 , When Edmund Hillary first conquered Mt. Everest, <strong>Sherpa</strong> Tenz<strong>in</strong>g Norgay was at his side. Indeed, for as long as Westerners have been climb<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Himalaya, <strong>Sherpa</strong>s have been <strong>the</strong> unsung heroes <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> background. In August 2008, when eleven climbers lost <strong>the</strong>ir lives on K2, <strong>the</strong> world's most dangerous peak, two <strong>Sherpa</strong>s survived. <strong>The</strong>y had emerged from poverty and political turmoil to become two <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most skillful mounta<strong>in</strong>eers on earth. Based on unprecedented access and <strong>in</strong>terviews, <strong>Buried</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sky</strong> reveals <strong>the</strong>ir astonish<strong>in</strong>g story for <strong>the</strong> first time. Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan explore <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>tersect<strong>in</strong>g lives <strong>of</strong> Chhir<strong>in</strong>g Dorje <strong>Sherpa</strong> and Pasang Lama, follow<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>m from <strong>the</strong>ir villages high <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Himalaya to <strong>the</strong> slums <strong>of</strong> Kathmandu, across <strong>the</strong> glaciers <strong>of</strong> Pakistan to K2 Base Camp. When disaster strikes <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Death Zone, Chhir<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>ds Pasang stranded on an ice wall, without an axe, wait<strong>in</strong>g to die. <strong>The</strong> rescue that follows has become <strong>the</strong> stuff <strong>of</strong> mounta<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g legend. At once a , <strong>Buried</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sky</strong>: <strong>The</strong> Extraord<strong>in</strong>ary <strong>Story</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sherpa</strong> <strong>Climbers</strong> on K2's Deadliest Day

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