Buried in the Sky

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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...(展開全部) 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. 彼得．祖克曼（Peter Zuckerman），阿曼達．帕多安（Amanda Padoan）彼得．祖克曼是記者，在不到三十歲時就獲得多個新聞報導獎，包括利文斯頓獎（Livingston Award）、貝爾森獎（C.B. Blethen Award）及國家新聞獎（National Journalism Awards）；阿曼達．帕多安是登山者，她的好友卡里姆．馬赫本（Karim Meherban）死於2008年k2山難。兩人於事件發生後著手此書，總共採訪兩百多人，參考了數以千計的照片和影片，歷時三年才完成這部極地登山史上的重要報導。譯者簡介易思婷美國賓州大學電腦博士，因熱愛戶外活動而選擇一條不同的人生路。目前旅居美國，在攀登世界鑽研、教學、寫作、挑戰前人未曾嘗試過的攀登路線。著有《睡在懸崖上的人》、《一攀就上手》、《傳統攀登》。譯有

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