Category Archives: Himalayas
An Untimely Death [Remembrance]
Last month I had the pleasure of meeting Rob Gauntlett, a young British explorer with a long list of feats to his name and many more on the drawing board. He was a guest of honor at the National Geographic … Continue reading
The Savior and the Storm on K2 [Heroism]
PEMBA GYALJE SHERPA
On August 1, 2008, at just about 8 p.m., a massive serac cleaved from a glacier near the summit of K2, the world’s
second highest mountain, and barreled down a section of the Cesen climbing route called the Bottleneck. In an instant, one climber was dead, key safety lines were swept away, and 17 climbers were trapped above 27,000 feet with little chance of escape.
Showtime, Himalayan Style [Take Me To Your Leader]
Yesterday the New York-based Himalayan community — including many of the Sherpas I have written about in Outside Magazine and The New York Times — hosted His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama for a 2-hour teaching at Radio City Music … Continue reading
Filed under Books + Media, Generally speaking..., Himalayas, New York, Outside Magazine, Sherpas, Uncategorized
Calling The Colossus
The news that Sir Edmund Hillary had died of a heart attack at the age of 88 on Thursday in New Zealand didn’t particularly come as a shock to me—I’d been afraid of hearing the news since reading of his failing … Continue reading
High Plains Drifter
Who ever said New York doesn’t have everything? Now that Sherpas have moved en masse from the Himalayas to New York City, it only makes sense the Himalayas should follow suit. After all, the great range has around 100 peaks that … Continue reading
Filed under Books + Media, Himalayas, Mount Everest, New York, Outside Magazine, Queens, Sherpas
