Bibliograph

Buried in the sky, the extraordinary story of the Sherpa climbers on K2's deadliest day, Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan

Type

Label

Buried in the sky, the extraordinary story of the Sherpa climbers on K2's deadliest day, Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-260) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Buried in the sky

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

755704991

Responsibility statement

Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan

Sub title

the extraordinary story of the Sherpa climbers on K2's deadliest day

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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

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