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Buried in the sky : the extraordinary story of the Sherpa climbers on K2's deadliest day / Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan.
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- ISBN: 9780393079883 (hc) :
- Physical Description: xvi, 285 p. : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2012.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | 796.522095491 Zuc | 31681002268449 | NONFIC | Checked out | 05/29/2025 |
- Baker & Taylor
Presents the stories of the sherpas who have acted as expert consultants to Westerners climbing the Himalayas, focusing in particular on Chhiring Dorje Sherpa and Pasang Lama, who survived when eleven other climbers died on K2 in August 2008. - Baker & Taylor
Presents the stories of the sharps who have acted as expert consultants to Westerners climbing the Himalayas, focusing in particular on Chhiring Dorje Sherpa and Pasang Lama, who survived when 11 other climbers died on K2 in August 2008. 15,000 first printing. - Book News
A collaboration between journalist Peter Zuckerman and mountaineer Amanda Padoan, this book tells the story of two Sherpa mountaineers, Chhiring Dorje Sherpa and Pasang Lama, who survived a catastrophic expedition up K2 in which eleven climbers lost their lives. The book is based on interviews with the two climbers. It has two goals. One is to recreate the expedition step by step in a journalistic story of the expedition, the accident, and the two men's survival. The other is to give the readers biographies of the lives of two Sherpa mountaineers, and through them, a window into the lives and motives of "the other mountaineers," who join Western climbers to carry their gear and support their expeditions up the most dangerous peaks in the world. Other expeditions, such as the one that first put Tenzig Norgay and Edmund Hillary on the top of Mount Everest, are discussed. The book has a central section of photographs. It is well-written in a journalistic style for general readers, and offers much insight into the practical and social realities of mountain-climbing in the Himalayas. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) - Norton Pub
"Buried in the Sky is a compelling account of the men who have literally shouldered the rest of the worldâs mountaineers up K2." âNorman Ollestad, best-selling author of Crazy for the Storm - Norton Pub
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 worldâs 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 in the Himalaya to the slums of Kathmandu, across the glaciers of Pakistan to K2 Base Camp. When disaster strikes in the Death Zone, Chhiring finds Pasang stranded on an ice wall, without an axe, waiting to die. The rescue that follows has become the stuff of mountaineering legend.At once a gripping, white-knuckled adventure and a rich exploration of Sherpa customs and culture, Buried in the Sky re-creates one of the most dramatic catastrophes in alpine history from a fascinating new perspective.
