| 1 | | |
Failure |
| | Greg | Mortenson |
Emergency room nurse. Aka: Dr. Greg, Dr. Sahib. |
| | Scott | Darsney |
Greg's fellow mountain climber. |
| | Christa | |
Greg's sister who'd died on her twenty-third birthday. |
| | Etienne | Fine |
Member of the expedition who got extremely sick. |
| | Dan | Mazur |
One of the expedition's leaders. |
| | Jonathan | Pratt |
One of the expedition's leaders. |
| | Mouzafer | Ali |
One of the most skilled porters in the area. |
| | Yakub | |
Mouzafer's friend. One of the porters |
| 2 | | |
The Wrong Side of the River |
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Paiyu cha - green tea |
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Allah Akbhar! - God is great! |
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Gangs-zhing - glacier |
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Rdo-rut - avalanche |
| | Haji | Ali |
Korphe village chief. |
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As-salaam Alaikum - peace be with you |
| | Twaha | |
Haji Ali's son. |
| 3 | | |
I'm Going to Build You a School |
| | Sakina | |
Haji Ali's wife. |
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Lassi - a drink made with yogurt |
| | Jahan | |
Twaha's seven-year-old daughter. |
| 4 | | |
Growing Up |
| | Irvin | |
Greg's father. Aka: Dempsey. |
| | Jerene | |
Irvin's wife. |
| | Kari | |
One of Greg's sisters. |
| | Sonja Joy | |
One of Greg's sisters. |
| 5 | | |
580 Letters, One Check |
| | Kishwar | Syed |
The man who taught Greg how to use a computer. |
| | Tom | Brokaw |
Television news anchor. |
| | Dr. Tom | Vaughan |
Greg's friend. |
| | Jean | Hoerni |
Mountain climber and a scientist. |
| 6 | | |
Hard Way Home |
| | Abdul | Shah |
Watchman at the hotel. |
| | Mohammed | Ali Changazi |
Organize tours and mountain-climbing expeditions. |
| | Akhmalu | |
The man who had cooked for his K2 expedition. |
| | Janjungpa | |
Porter from Greg's expedition to K2. |
| 8 | | |
A Bridge Before a School |
| | Dr. Louis | Reichardt |
First American to reach the summit of K2. Aka: Lou . |
| 9 | | |
Hunting Ibex |
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Ibex - large, muscular mountain goats |
| | Hussein | |
One of the hunters. |
| 10 | | |
Building Bridges |
| | George | McCown |
Board director of the American Himalayan Foundation. |
| | Faisal | Baig |
McCown's guide. |
| | Hawa | |
Hussein's wife. |
| 11 | | |
Six Days |
| | Jennifer | Wilson |
Hoerni's wife. |
| | Sir Edmund | Hillary |
Part of the first team to climb Mount Everest. |
| | Tara | Bishop |
Greg's wife. |
| | Lana | Pieri |
Greg's cousin. |
| | James | Bullock |
Tara and Greg's friend. |
| 12 | | |
Beginnings |
| | Ghulam | Parvi |
Changazi's accountant. |
| 13 | | |
Haji Ali's Lesson |
| | Tahira | |
Hussein's daughter. |
| | Sher | Takhi |
The mullah, or religious leader, of Korphe. |
| | Haji | Mehdi |
The chief of Askole. |
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Kafir - infidel |
| 14 | | |
"A Smile Should Be More Than a Memory" |
| | Osama | bin Laden |
Leader of a terrorist group Al Qaeda. |
| | Badam | Gul |
Greg's fellow guest in the hotel. |
| | Mr. | Khan |
Driver. |
| | Haji | Mirza |
One of the smugglers. |
| | | Khan |
One of Greg's kidnappers. |
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Jirga - a village council |
| 15 | | |
A Picture |
| | Amira Eliana | |
Greg's daughter. |
| 16 | | |
New Schools—and More |
| | Syed Abbas | Risvi |
Religious leader. |
| | Mohammed A. | Khan |
Chief of Hushe. |
| | Shakeela | |
Mohammed Aslam's daughter. |
| 17 | | |
Running from War |
| | Apo | Razak |
CAI worker. |
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CAI - Central Asia Institute |
| | Mullah | Gulzar |
Religious leader of a village called Brolmo. |
| | Fatima | Batool |
One of the children of Brolmo. |
| | Aamina | |
Fatima's sister. |
| | Nargiz | Ali |
Fatima's friend. |
| 18 | | |
Too Much to Do |
| | Alex | Lowe, |
Famous mountaineer. |
| | Amartya | Sen |
Nobel Prize winner. |
| | Khyber Bishop | Mortenson |
Greg's son. |
| 19 | | |
A Village Called New York |
| | Dan | |
McCown's son. |
| | Susan | |
Dan's wife. |
| | Aziza | Hussain |
The first health care worker in Zuudkhan. |
| | Bashir | Baz |
Retired Brigadier General of Pakistan's army. |
| 20 | | |
Afghanistan |
| | Mullah | Omar |
The head of the Taliban government. |
| | Abdul Rashid | Khan |
Warlord. |
| | Uzra | Faizad |
Durkhani High School principal. |
| | Julia | Bergman |
Worked on the CAI's board. |
| | Abdullah | Rahman |
Taxi driver. Greg's friend. |
| | Mary | Bono |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives. |
| 21 | | |
The First Educated Women in Korphe |
| | Kevin | Fedarko |
Reporter. |
| | Yasmine | |
Parvi's fifteen-year-old daughter. |
| 22 | | |
Stones into Schools |
| | Zahir | Shah |
The king of Afghanistan. |
| | Kais | |
Translator. |
| | Sardhar | Khan |
Man who ruled the province of Badakhshan. |
