Murder in the High Himalaya Loyalty, Tragedy, and Escape from Tibet

by Green, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9781586489595
• ISBN10: 1586489593
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-05-31
• Publisher: PublicAffairs

Summary

On September 30, 2006, gunfire echoed through thin air on Cho Oyu Mountain. Climbers preparing to summit watched in horror as Chinese guards fired at a group of Tibetans en route to India, executing Kelsang Namtso--a seventeen-year-old Tibetan nun trying to escape religious persecution--in cold blood. The climbers had caught undeniable proof of the violent oppression Tibetans face in China on tape. Would they reveal what they had seen and captured on film, and likely lose the chance to climb in China again, or remain silent? In this affecting portrait of modern Tibet, adventure reporter Jonathan Green introduces us to the disparate band of seekers and survivors who converged at the rooftop of the world on this fateful morning, as he seeks an answer for this woman's life.

Author Biography

Award-winning journalist Jonathan Green has written for the New York Times, Men's Journal, Esquire, GQ, the Financial Times Magazine, Men's Health, and the Mail on Sunday, among others. Never shy of demanding assignments, he has reported in war-torn Sudan, the jungles of Borneo, and the ice fields of Alaska. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife.

Table of Contents

Authors Note	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Songs to the Precious One	p. 1
Sacred Vows	p. 11
Forged by Mountains	p. 19
Escape	p. 27
Forbidden Kingdom	p. 43
Lhasa	p. 55
Turquoise Goddess	p. 65
Snakeheads	p. 87
City on the Mountain	p. 99
The Insider Pass	p. 111
Murder of Ravens	p. 129
Bardo: The In-Between State	p. 139
A Dark Secret	p. 147
Captured by the Wujing	p. 161
The Responsibility of Enlightenment	p. 167
A Lie Uncovered	p. 183
Kundun	p. 191
Determination	p. 201
The Razor's Edge	p. 211
The Restless Himalaya	p. 223
The Price of Freedom	p. 231
Epilogue	p. 237
Acknowledgments	p. 245
Notes	p. 249
Bibliography	p. 253
Index	p. 257
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