Monday, December 17, 2007

Karakoram Sunrise


Karakoram Sunrise, originally uploaded by dalecottam.

From Dalecottam on Flickr.

I am reading a book called Three Cups of Tea, and this is the area where he builds the schools. Isn't this lovely?

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Incredible! How is the book? I saw it at B&N and just the cover alone made me want to buy it.

Carol Ann Weaver said...

Julie, I think you would love this book. I really do. It is so neat what this guy has done out of the failure of not being able to climb K2. It was inspirational, and I have a seed of an idea as a result of it that is a real BHAG! So, yes, the book is great! It is 12 bucks at Target right now. If you buy it through his website at http://www.ikat.org/donations.html and click on his button, 7% goes to his organization that really is fabulous. I think you would like it because of your background. :)

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