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Bezig met laden... Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest (origineel 2001; editie 2002)door Jamling T. Norgay (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkIn het voetspoor van mijn vader door Jamling Tenzing NORGAY (2001)
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In a story of Everest unlike any told before, Jamling Tenzing Norgay gives us an insider's view of the Sherpa world. As Climbing Leader of the famed 1996 Everest IMAX expedition led by David Breashears, Jamling Norgay was able to follow in the footsteps of his legendary mountaineer father, Tenzing Norgay, who with Sir Edmund Hillary was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in 1953. Jamling Norgay interweaves the story of his own ascent during the infamous May 1996 Mount Everest disaster with little-known stories from his father's historic climb and the spiritual life of the Sherpas, revealing a fascinating and profound world that few -- even many who have made it to the top -- have ever seen. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Jamling, of course, is the son of Tenzing Norgay, who was the first to ascend Mt. Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary. Jamling himself was on an expedition up Everest with a team carrying an IMAX camera in the tragic 1996 season when 12 climbers lost their lives -- most on the same day in the teeth of a ferocious storm.
Norgay's book is a great mixture of those two stories, along with a terrific amount of information about Sherpa culture and Buddhism. This really makes for a fascinating read and a great accompaniment to the two more well-known books about the 1996 Everest season. (