Murder in the High Himalaya

Loyalty, Tragedy, and Escape from Tibet

By: Jonathan Green

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Paperback | 31 May 2011 | Edition Number 1

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On September 30, 2006 gunfire echoed through the thin air near Advance Base Camp on Cho Oyu Mountain. Frequented by thousands of climbers each year, Cho Oyu lies nineteen miles east of Mt. Everest on the border between Tibet and Nepal. To the elite mountaineering community, it offers a straightforward summit -- a warm-up climb to her formidable sister. To Tibetans, Cho Oyu promises a gateway to freedom through a secret glacial path: the Nangpa La.

Murder in the High Himalaya is the unforgettable account of the brutal killing of Kelsang Namtso -- a seventeen-year-old Tibetan nun fleeing to India -- by Chinese border guards. Witnessed by dozens of Western climbers, Kelsang's death sparked an international debate over China's savage oppression of Tibet. Adventure reporter Jonathan Green has gained rare entrance into this shadow-land at the rooftop of the world. In his affecting portrait of modern Tibet, Green raises enduring questions about morality and the lengths we go to achieve freedom.

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"(a) gripping tale of routine murder that would have gone unreported but for the fact that a group of Western climbers were silent witnesses to the killing of a young Tibetan woman attempting to cross the border into India. Jonathan Green has traveled to the region to research the story, he's interviewed the witnesses, other refugees and even the Dalai Lama to tell this shocking and complicated story of how Chinese border guards, instructed to protect the border at any cost, will shoot to kill." The Bookseller "Although the author includes information about Tibet past and present that many readers will find useful, the core of this book is Kelsang's murder and its implications, which Green, an experienced journalist, recounts vividly and with scrupulous attention to evidence... (Green) shows himself to be a first-class reporter who managed to speak to Tibetan survivors of the ill- fated trip as well as to Western witnesses." The Spectator"

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Authors Note	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Songs to the Precious One	p. 1
Sacred Vows	p. 11
Forged by Mountains	p. 19
Escape	p. 27
Forbidden Kingdom	p. 43
Lhasa	p. 55
Turquoise Goddess	p. 65
Snakeheads	p. 87
City on the Mountain	p. 99
The Insider Pass	p. 111
Murder of Ravens	p. 129
Bardo: The In-Between State	p. 139
A Dark Secret	p. 147
Captured by the Wujing	p. 161
The Responsibility of Enlightenment	p. 167
A Lie Uncovered	p. 183
Kundun	p. 191
Determination	p. 201
The Razor's Edge	p. 211
The Restless Himalaya	p. 223
The Price of Freedom	p. 231
Epilogue	p. 237
Acknowledgments	p. 245
Notes	p. 249
Bibliography	p. 253
Index	p. 257
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Loyalty, Tragedy, and Escape from Tibet

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