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1993: What is the meaning of Three Cups of Tea
Three Cups of Tea
What you need to know before your trail
In 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.
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Drink tea BookTrail style in Pakistan
‘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, Pakistan.
Greg failed to reach the summit of K2 and becomes separated from his climbing party. Left without any kind of help or supplies, he wanders into the village of Korphe. The people gave him food and shelter before they nursed him back to health. When he left, Greg promised the village elder, Haji Ali, that he would return and build a school for the village children. This is the story of that journey and that promise and what became of the school.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Three Cups of Tea
Destination: Pakistan Author/Guide:Greg Mortenson Departure Time: 2000s
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