Greg Mortenson

En 1993, Greg Mortenson regresaba de un intento fallido de alcanzar la cumbre del K2. Exhausto y desorientado, acabo desviándose del camino de descenso y alejándose de su grupo, para vagar perdido por una de las zonas mas desoladas del norte de Pakistan. Solo y sin comida, agua o una tienda en la que protegerse, se encontro de pronto en una pobre aldea pakistani, donde le cuidaron hasta su recuperacion. Antes de regresar a casa, Mortenson les prometio volver y construir una escuela. De aquella promesa nacio una de las campañas humanitarias mas increibles de la historia: la mision de un hombre de luchar solo contra el extremismo y el terrorismo construyendo escuelas.

With the first cup of tea, you are a stranger.With the second... a friend.With the third cup of tea, you are family.One day Greg Mortenson set out to climb K2 - the world''s second highest mountain - in honour of his younger sister, but when another member of his group fell ill, they turned around and Greg became lost in the mountains of Pakistan. He wandered into a poor village, where the chief and his people took him in. Moved by their kindness, Greg promised to return and build a school for the children.This is the remarkable story of how, against all the odds, Greg built not only one but more than sixty schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and how he dedicated his life to establishing literacy and peace, and understanding.

L’obra revelació de la temporada. La història real de Greg Mortenson, que, superant tota mena d’adversitats, ha construït 55 escoles a les àrees més perilloses, remotes i antiamericanes del món. L’an

Tres tazas de té es una conmovedora historia de un hombre que descubrió el arma más eficaz para luchar contra el terrorismo: construir escuelas.En 1993, el alpinista Greg Mortenson regresaba de un intento fallido de alcanzar la cumbre del K2. Exhasuto y desorientado, acabo desviandose del camino de descenso y alejandose de su grupo, para vagar perdido por una de las zonas mas desoladas del norte de Pakistan. Solo y sin comida, agua o una tienda en la que protegerse, se encontro de pronto en una pobre aldea donde le cuidaron hasta su recuperacion. Durante su estancia, Mortenson vio a los niños de la alda, sentados a la interperie, repasar sus lecciones escribiendo con un palo en el suelo embarrado. El pueblo era tan pobre que no podia permirtirse pagar el salario de un profesor local. Antes de regresar a casa, el alpinista les prometio volver y construir una escuela.De aquella promesa nacio una de las campañas humanitarias mas increibles de la historia: la mision de un hombre de luchar solo contra el extremismo y llevar la esperanza a los lugares mas reconditos de Asia Central.

Here we drink three cups of tea to do business; the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third, you join our family, and for our family we are prepared to do anything even die.Haji Ali, Korphe Village Chief, Karakoram mountains, PakistanIn 1993, after a terrifying and disastrous attempt to climb K2, a mountaineer called Greg Mortenson drifted, cold and dehydrated, into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram Mountains. Moved by the inhabitants kindness, he promised to return and build a school. Three Cups of Tea is the story of that promise and its extraordinary outcome. Over the next decade Mortenson built not just one but fifty-five schools especially for girls in remote villages across the forbidding and breathtaking landscape of Pakistan and Afghanistan, just as the Taliban rose to power. His story is at once a riveting adventure and a testament to the power of the humanitarian spirit.

Anyone who despairs of the individuals power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistans treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. Over the next decade he built fifty-five schoolsespecially for girlsthat offer a balanced education in one of the most isolated and dangerous regions on earth. As it chronicles Mortensons quest, which has brought him into conflict with both enraged Islamists and uncomprehending Americans, Three Cups of Tea combines adventure with a celebration of the humanitarian spirit.