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Murder in the high Himalaya : loyalty, tragedy, and escape from Tibet /
On September 30, 2006 gunfire echoed through the thin air near Advance Base Camp on Cho Oyu Mountain. Frequented by thousands of climbers each year, Cho Oyu lies nineteen miles east of Mt. Everest on the border between Tibet and Nepal. To the elite mountaineering community, it offers a straightforwa...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia, PA :
Perseus Books Group,
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | On September 30, 2006 gunfire echoed through the thin air near Advance Base Camp on Cho Oyu Mountain. Frequented by thousands of climbers each year, Cho Oyu lies nineteen miles east of Mt. Everest on the border between Tibet and Nepal. To the elite mountaineering community, it offers a straightforward summita warm-up climb to her formidable sister. To Tibetans, Cho Oyu promises a gateway to freedom through a secret glacial path: the Nangpa La. Murder in the High Himalaya is the unforgettable account of the brutal killing of Kelsang Namtsoa seventeen-year-old Tibetan nun fleeing to Indiaby C. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 272 pages) : portraits |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1586487140 9781586487140 9781586488642 1586488643 1282751344 9781282751347 9786612751349 6612751347 |