Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest

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.

Author: Jamling T. Norgay
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 05/14/2002
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.14w x 0.94d
ISBN13: 9780062516886
ISBN10: 0062516884
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Sports
- Sports & Recreation | Mountaineering
- Travel | Special Interest | Adventure