Displaying 1 of 1 2012 Format: Book Author: Zuckerman, Peter, 1979- Title: Buried in the sky : the extraordinary story of the Sherpa climbers on K2's deadliest day / Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2012. Description: xvi, 285 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm 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. Subjects: Mountaineering -- Pakistan -- K2 (Mountain) Mountaineers -- Pakistan -- K2 (Mountain) Mountaineering accidents -- Pakistan -- K2 (Mountain) Sherpa (Nepalese people) Sherpa (Nepalese people) -- Social life and customs. Other Author: Padoan, Amanda. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-260) and index. 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. LCCN: 2012008490 ISBN: 9780393079883 0393079880 Other Number: 755704991 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 328439 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 796.522 Zuckerma Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
