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 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.
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