Keeper Of The Mountains
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1973 Italian Everest expedition 110
80th birthday party 201
altitude ceiling 135
death of wife Louise and daughter Belinda 115
high commissioner to India and Nepal 115
Himalayan Trust 103
honorary Nepalese citizenship 226
on Elizabeth’s character 15
on Elizabeth’s friendships in Kathmandu 104
Hillary Foundation 164
Himalayan Trust 19, 103, 124, 129, 130, 170, 232, 235
Himalayan Trust Sherpas 227
Hinkes, Alan 190, 191, 196, 201
Hoey, Marty 137
Hornbein, Tom 84, 85
Horseshoe Traverse 192, 234
Hotel Gaurishankar 206
Houston, Dr. Charles 15, 27, 129, 232
Houston, Robin 27, 28, 225
Humar, Tomaž 195, 212, 225, 233
Hunt, Sir John 81, 90, 232
Iñurrategi, Alberto 223, 234
Iraq 63
Irvine, Andrew 207
Israel 61
Istanbul, Turkey 57
Jangbu, Nuru 29
Jannu 212
1989 Slovenian ascent 167
Jeglič, Janez 194
Jerstad, Lute 84, 85
Johnston, Mary 47
Jones, Finn-Olaf 215
K2 187, 188
Kali Gandaki Valley 99
Kammerlander, Hans 138, 139, 224
Kangchenjunga 138, 183, 187, 189, 190, 192, 234
1979 new route 122
1982 Messner ascent 135
1989 Soviet ascents 167
Kangtega 215
Karachi, Pakistan 63
Kathmandu, Nepal 65
in 1960 73
Kennedy, President John F. 85
Khartoum, Sudan 50
Khatri, Major General Padma Bahadur 84
Khrushchev, Nikita 53
Khumbu 94, 130, 135
Khumbu Icefall 109, 217
Khumjung, Nepal 103
King, Elaine 98
King Birendra of Nepal 108, 112, 119, 216
King Gyanendra of Nepal 221, 222, 226
King Mahendra of Nepal 66, 67, 68, 74, 76, 82, 83, 88, 107
1960 political reorganization 77
King Tribhuvan of Nepal 66, 67, 74
Kissinger, Henry 94
Klatzel, Frances 238
friendship with Elizabeth 131
Klein, Herb 92
Kneerim, Lee (cousin) 47, 169
Kneerim, Will (cousin’s son) 73
Knickerbocker Foundation 70, 75
Koestler, Arthur 63
Koirala, B.P., Nepalese prime minister 75, 76, 96, 118, 119, 136
Kopczynski, Chris 126
Krishna Loaf 73
Kukuczka, Jerzy 126, 128, 138, 139, 140, 168
Kumar 72, 73, 113
Kunde 130
Kurtyka, Voytek 140
Kusum Kanguru 182
Kuwait 63
Lafaille, Jean-Christophe 185, 187, 215, 224, 234
Lawrence, T.E. 63
l’Esprit d’équipe 189
Lhamu Sherpa, Pasang 186
Lhasa, Tibet 180
Lhotse 111, 125, 126, 128, 139, 195, 199, 218
1974 Polish winter expedition 111
1989 Kukuczka tragedy 168
1990 South Face 177
Lissanevitch, Boris 74, 80, 104
Łódź 52
Loretan, Erhard 139, 190, 191, 232
Lowe, George 239
Lowe, Mary 239
Ma’an, Jordan 62
Macdonald, Heather 44, 82, 206, 208, 240, 241
on Elizabeth’s character 14, 44
on Elizabeth speaking Nepali 82
MacInnes, Hamish 108
Makalu 81, 126, 135, 139, 191, 234
1980 American West Pillar route 126
1995 summit by Viesturs, Hall and Gustafsson 188
Mallory (Lhasa apso) 142
Mallory, George 208
Manaslu 127, 128, 168, 198, 199, 215, 219
1981 French ascent 134
Martinez, Jesús and José Antonio 195
Martini, Sergio 180, 190, 191, 195, 196
Matlak, Krawetz 174
Matsumoto, Norichika 203
Mauduit, Chantal 124, 199
Mazeaud, Pierre 105
McDonald, Caroline 232
McDougal, Chuck 92
Menlungtse
1992 Slovenian Southeast Face route 185
Messner, Günther 139
Messner, Reinhold 120, 121, 124, 126, 128, 135, 138, 139, 140, 162, 211, 227, 236
friendship with Elizabeth 128
on Elizabeth’s character 15
Miura, Yuichiro 104
momo 132
Monzino, Guido 109
Moores, Thomas 218
Moran, Father 79
Moro, Simone 202, 218
Morocco 50
Moscow, USSR 54
Moses Mountain, Sinai 59
Mother Theresa 133
Mountain Madness 196
Mountain Travel 90, 91, 93, 99, 123, 134, 135
Mount Fuji 192
Mulgrew, Peter 124
Namche Bazaar, Nepal 222, 228
Nanga Parbat 139, 196
Nasser, Gamal Abdel, Egyptian president 57, 62
Nehru, Pandit 67
Nepal
1977-80 political unrest 119
1980 referendum and aftermath 120
1985 political unrest 141
2000 rise in crime 219
2001 terrorism 223
2003 Maoist insurrection 230
2003 massacre at Beni Bazaar 229
commerical and guided climbing 194
development in 1967 95
early days of mountaineering 81
fall of Rana rule 67
first election in 68
impact of conflict between India and Pakistan on 107
Rana rule in 66
re-establishment of prime minister and Parliament 96
relations with Chinese-occupied Tibet 89
Nepali Times 230
Nepal Ministry of Tourism
1996 peak fees 193
1996 permits for Everest 198
climbing permits 179, 220
commercial and guided climbing 180
Nepal Mountaineering Association 181
Norgay, Tenzing 27, 102, 186, 201, 207
Noshaq 125
Nowak, Jim 214
Nuptse 194, 224, 233
1997 West Face ascent by Humar and Jeglič 195
Odell, Noel 207
O’Dowd, Cathy 197, 227, 234
Oiarzabal, Juanito 189, 195, 196
Palace of Culture, Warsaw, Poland 52
panchayat system 119
Paroli, Tony 172, 173
Pasaban, Edurne 222
Pashipatinath 136
Patan, Nepal 71
Patscheider, Reinhard 163
Petra, Jordan 62
Phaphlu, Nepal 113, 114
Philby, John 57
Philby, Kim 57
Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh 80
Pokhara, Nepal 110
Poland 53
Prague, Czechoslovakia 54
Prezelj, Marko 185
Prince Basundhara of Nepal 74, 78, 86, 103, 107, 112
Prince Charles of England 112, 134
Profit, Christophe 218
Pumori 214
Queen Mother Ratna of Nepal 221
Rackl, Robert 216
Ram Krishna (cook) 72
Rana, General Mrigendra Shumsher Jung Bahadur 78, 86
Read, Al 99, 123, 135
Redford, Robert 93
Reichardt, Lou 110, 134
Reuters 70, 82, 84, 136, 141, 144, 220, 231
Rita, Ang 24, 131, 170, 210, 235
Roberts, Colonel Jimmy 84, 90, 91, 93, 99, 105, 108, 134
Rockefeller, Nelson 69
Rombauer, Irma (cousin) 47
Roskelley, Jess
229
Roskelley, John 110, 123, 126, 134, 135, 185, 229
Rovaniemi, Finland 49
Royal Hotel 74, 103
Royer, Bernard 190
Rüedi, Marcel 139
Rum Doodle 209
Rutkiewicz, Wanda 124, 184, 232
Sagarmatha National Park 130
Said, Nuri. See al-Said, Nuri, Iraq premier
Salinger, Pierre 85
Salisbury, Richard 182, 183, 235
Salkeld, Audrey 209
Samden, Nawang 110
Sayre, Woodrow Wilson 83
Schmatz, Gerhard 123
Schmatz, Hannelore 124
Schwartz, Eleanor 14, 47
Scott, Doug 16, 108, 116, 122
Seti, Nepal 219
Shah, General Surendra Bahadur 84
Shah, Prithvi Narayan 108
Shaha, Rishikesh 86, 96
Shand, Peter 113
Sharma, Gopal 141, 142, 171
Sher Bahadur Deuba, Nepalese prime minister 230
Sherpa, Apa 210
Sherpa, Dorje 123
Sherpa, Kaji 203
Sherpa, Lhakpa Gelu 20
Sherpa, Pertemba 91, 116, 117, 123, 134
Sherpa, Sungdare 210
Sherpa Center 215
Sherpas 76, 94, 95, 115, 116, 121, 122, 131, 186, 211, 233
Shipton, Eric 91
Shishapangma 186, 187, 188, 189
Shringi Himal 219
Shringi River 219
Side, Turkey 60
Siffredi, Marco 216
Simonson, Eric 207, 208
Sindhu (Lhasa apso) 83, 96, 97, 111, 112
Škarja, Tone 122
Slosson, Professor Preston 37, 42
Snow in the Kingdom 161
Soaltee Hotel 103
Sobolev, Dmitri 202
Sokwitne, Harold 41
Solukhumbu, Nepal 223, 240
Šrauf, Stane Belak. See Belak-Šrauf, Stane
Stark, Freya 56, 104
St. Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai 59
St. Catherine’s Mountain, Sinai 59
Štremfelj, Andrej 122, 185, 211, 212
Štremfelj, Andrej and Marija 178
Štremfelj, Marko 122
Suben 23
Sudan 51
Suviga, Vladimir 225
Tabei, Junko 115, 116, 192
Taksindu, Nepal 216
Tashigaon, Nepal 222
Tasker, Joe 122, 137
Teare, Paul 161, 162
Tehran, Iran 63
Tenzing, Tashi 28, 202
Terai, Nepal 92
Terray, Lionel 218
Terray, Nicolas 218
Thamserku (trekking agency) 185
Thapa, Nepalese prime minister 230
The Climb 197
The Himalayan Database 235
The Man Who Skied Down Everest 104
Tibet 144
Tiger Mountain 93
Tiger Tops 25, 92, 93, 95, 98
Tigger (Lhasa apso) 96, 97, 111
Tigger II (Lhasa apso) 112, 142
Tighe, Tony 109
Time Inc. 77
Tito, Marshal 48
Todd, Henry 215
Troillet, Jean 140, 190
Tshering, Ang 199
Tshering, Babu (Ang Babu) 210
Tshering, Sonam 186
Tukche, Nepal 110
U.S. Information Agency (USIA, USIS) 69
Uemura, Naomi 128
Ulan Bator, Mongolia 132, 133
United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) 57
Unsoeld, Willi 84, 85, 86
Venables, Stephen 161, 162, 182
Vertical 176
Vienna, Austria 54
Viesturs, Ed 16, 27, 188
Vilna (Vilnius), Poland (Lithuania) 52
Vos, Bart 200
Wadi Rum desert, Jordan 62
Walmsley, Joseph 81
Washburn, Brad 232
Weatherall, Micky 77, 83, 86
Webster, Ed 161
Weihenmayer, Erik 228
Whillans, Don 16, 89, 104, 108
Whittaker, Jim 84
Whittaker, Lou 136
Wickwire, Jim 185
Wielicki, Krzysztof 125, 138, 191
Wignall, Sidney 89
Woodall, Ian 197, 227
Wynne, Jr., Toddy 92
Wyszyński, Cardinal 52
Yadav, Santosh 234
Yak and Yeti Hotel 103, 232
Young-Seok, Park 195
Yugoslavia 48
Zawada, Andrzej 111, 125, 126
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