Buried in the sky

On August 1, 2008, eleven people died while climbing K2. Two Sherpas, Chhiring Dorje and Pasang Lama, managed to survive. Based on meticulous research and numerous interviews, Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan tell their amazing story for the first time. The authors trace the Sherpas’ journey from their native villages high in the Himalayas, through the slums of Kathmandu and the glaciers of Pakistan, to the base camp on the slope of the world’s most dangerous peak. On that terrible day on K2, Chhiring finds Pasang, left to his fate on an ice ledge in the death zone… What happened next has become a legend among climbers.

"Buried in the Sky" is a vivid text that reconstructs one of the most terrifying tragedies in the history of mountaineering and at the same time reveals the customs and culture of the Sherpas, without which modern high-altitude climbing is unimaginable.