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Item Information       Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     More Content     More by this author     Zuckerman, Peter.     Subjects     Mountaineering -- Pakistan -- K2 (Mountain)     Mountaineers -- Pakistan -- K2 ( Mountain)     Mountaineering accidents -- Pakistan -- K2 (Mountain)     Sherpa (Nepalese people)     Sherpa (Nepalese people) -- Social life and customs.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Zuckerman, Peter.       by title:      Buried in the sky : ...       by call number:      796.522 Z94b     Search the Web     Zuckerman, Peter.     Mountaineering -- Pakistan -- K2 (Mountain)     Mountaineers -- Pakistan -- K2 ( Mountain)     Mountaineering accidents -- Pakistan -- K2 (Mountain)     Sherpa (Nepalese people)     Sherpa (Nepalese people) -- Social life and customs.       MARC Display

Buried in the sky : the extraordinary story of the Sherpa climbers on K2's deadliest day / Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan. by Zuckerman, Peter. W.W. Norton & Co., c2012. Call #: 796.522 Z94b Subjects Mountaineering -- Pakistan -- K2 (Mountain)   Mountaineers -- Pakistan -- K2 ( Mountain)   Mountaineering accidents -- Pakistan -- K2 (Mountain)   Sherpa (Nepalese people)   Sherpa (Nepalese people) -- Social life and customs. ISBN:  9780393079883 (hbk.) 0393079880 (hbk.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xvi, 285 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [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. 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. Other authors:  Padoan, Amanda. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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