Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
114 pages read
After a failed attempt to climb K2, the world's most ruthless and most dangerous to climb mountain, in Pakistan, Greg Mortenson, an American, stumbles onto a small village named Korphe, after wandering off the main path. He is welcomed into the village by tradition, and makes friends there, such as Haji Ali, the leader of the village. Haji Ali leads Mortenson up to the village's school-or, more correctly, what serves as the school. What it really is is a jumble of children practicing their lessons, which they receive from a teacher that comes thrice a week, with sticks in the dirt or, if they're lucky, on slates. At that moment, Mortenson makes a promise that will change his life- He promises to build a school for the children of Korphe. Mortenson returns to America to get the money needed to build this school. He writes five hundred and eight letters to important people, but he gets only one reply. His mother, who is the principal of a school, convinces him to come and present about his cause at the school. The children at the school decide to do something about it, and so Greg Mortenson gets 623 dollars from this school. But that's not nearly enough. Later on, Mortenson calls a man named Jean Hoerni, and gets his 12,000$ that he needs for his school from him, after a discussion about whether Mortenson's serious about building this school or not, which, frankly, leaves him baffled. After all of that, with a little extra cash in his pocket from selling some personal items to get him through the next little while, Mortenson returns to Pakistan. He stops in a town and hooks up with an old friend to buy all the lumber and other supplies needed for his school, after which they head on. They stay for the night in another town, where Mortenson gets invited to another village to visit. He gets in a little tangle there, because both that village and the town he's staying at want the school to be built for them, but Mortenson is determined to get to Korphe. When they reach Korphe, after a long and tiring drive up the mountain, they find themselves alsmot immediately faced with another problem. Korphe is on one side of a gorge, with Mortenson and the supplies on the other side, and only a box to convey people back and forth across the gorge, and so they have to build a bridge. Will Mortenson be able to overcome this challenge, and keep it in his budget? Well, I certainly hope so.
Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
114 pages read
After a failed attempt to climb K2, the world's most ruthless and most dangerous to climb mountain, in Pakistan, Greg Mortenson, an American, stumbles onto a small village named Korphe, after wandering off the main path. He is welcomed into the village by tradition, and makes friends there, such as Haji Ali, the leader of the village. Haji Ali leads Mortenson up to the village's school-or, more correctly, what serves as the school. What it really is is a jumble of children practicing their lessons, which they receive from a teacher that comes thrice a week, with sticks in the dirt or, if they're lucky, on slates. At that moment, Mortenson makes a promise that will change his life- He promises to build a school for the children of Korphe. Mortenson returns to America to get the money needed to build this school. He writes five hundred and eight letters to important people, but he gets only one reply. His mother, who is the principal of a school, convinces him to come and present about his cause at the school. The children at the school decide to do something about it, and so Greg Mortenson gets 623 dollars from this school. But that's not nearly enough. Later on, Mortenson calls a man named Jean Hoerni, and gets his 12,000$ that he needs for his school from him, after a discussion about whether Mortenson's serious about building this school or not, which, frankly, leaves him baffled. After all of that, with a little extra cash in his pocket from selling some personal items to get him through the next little while, Mortenson returns to Pakistan. He stops in a town and hooks up with an old friend to buy all the lumber and other supplies needed for his school, after which they head on. They stay for the night in another town, where Mortenson gets invited to another village to visit. He gets in a little tangle there, because both that village and the town he's staying at want the school to be built for them, but Mortenson is determined to get to Korphe. When they reach Korphe, after a long and tiring drive up the mountain, they find themselves alsmot immediately faced with another problem. Korphe is on one side of a gorge, with Mortenson and the supplies on the other side, and only a box to convey people back and forth across the gorge, and so they have to build a bridge. Will Mortenson be able to overcome this challenge, and keep it in his budget? Well, I certainly hope so.
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