- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; Reprint edition (14 May 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0062516884
- ISBN-13: 978-0062516886
- Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 15.6 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 886,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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...insightful meditation on climbing, spirituality and life -- a breath-taking and inspiring view from the other side of the mountain. --David Breashears
Touching My Father's Soul rises above the bumper crop of books on Everest's tragic 1996 season. --Outside Magazine May 2001
There is much to marvel at in these page. It taught me a great deal....Enthralling to read. --Jon Krakauer
Touching My Father's Soul rises above the bumper crop of books on Everest's tragic 1996 season. --Outside Magazine May 2001
There is much to marvel at in these page. It taught me a great deal....Enthralling to read. --Jon Krakauer
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In a story of Everest unlike any told before, Jamling Tenzing Norgay gives us an insider's view of the Sherpa world. As Climbing Leader of the famed 1996 Everest IMAX expedition led by David Breashears, Jamling Norgay was able to follow in the footsteps of his legendary mountaineer father, Tenzing Norgay, who with Sir Edmund Hillary was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in 1953. Jamling Norgay interweaves the story of his own ascent during the infamous May 1996 Mount Everest disaster with little-known stories from his father's historic climb and the spiritual life of the Sherpas, revealing a fascinating and profound world that few -- even many who have made it to the top -- have ever seen.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a brilliant book. Not only is it a gripping read but I learnt a lot about the history of Himalayan mountaineering from the Sherpas point of view. I also found out more than I had known about budhism and what drives people to go on through the most gruesome of events.
Format:Hardcover
I read this book a couple of months after reading "Into thin air", by Jon Krakauer and I bought and read this second book exactly because I read the other one. I'm not a mountaineer, I don't even like mountains, so why? For "Into thin air" I was attracted by the author, which I already knew, but here I knew exactly what it was about. It's impossible to talk about one book without mentioning the other and I'm sorry if I do it, but they are very similar under many aspects and completely different under others. So, I'm not a mountaineer, but these two books are both exciting like two thrillers, impossible to put down, breath-taking and, on many occasions, heart-breaking. Like Krakauer did, Jamling Tenzing tells his story and, in parallel, one or more other stories that took place in the past. In this case, Tenzing obviously talks in particular about his father's climbing with Hillary in 1953, but the two stories are so well mixed that they become as one. And Tenzing adds to his book that part of spirituality that comes from his roots, a spirituality in which he seemed not to believe so much before his Everest attempt, but that became a part of it as far as he went on with his adventure.
Very well written, very touching in his past and present relationship with his father, even more touching in his need to climb Everest to understand his father fully. Of course we can't touch Tenzing's father soul like he did, but we can touch Everest's immensity and sacredness and understand that climbing THIS mountain is something different that just climbing, for those who believe in Chomolungma's sacredness but also for those who don't.
Very well written, very touching in his past and present relationship with his father, even more touching in his need to climb Everest to understand his father fully. Of course we can't touch Tenzing's father soul like he did, but we can touch Everest's immensity and sacredness and understand that climbing THIS mountain is something different that just climbing, for those who believe in Chomolungma's sacredness but also for those who don't.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Interesting Perspective on Everest
23 May 2001
Format:Hardcover
Touching My Father's Soul traces Jamling Norgay's two journeys: (i) to the top of Everest with the 1996 IMAX expedition, and (ii) his inner search for spirituality and how to grapple with his father's legacy. It is this latter journey that makes this book a welcome addition to the many books already written about the 1996 Everest disaster and, more generally, about climbing Everest, as his perspective as a Buddhist Sherpa has not been articulated before.
Although Jamling Norgay's story provided the emotional backbone of the IMAX movie, the movie didn't really provide a full portrait of the man, or the way in which he had to grapple with his father's legacy. The book really helps flesh out his character and his spiritual reawakening. Although it's not as gripping as Into Thin Air, for example, the book is reasonably well written and is a page turner in its own right.
I wouldn't buy this book solely to try to find a lot of additional information about the 1996 Everest disaster or much "behind the scenes" information about the Everest IMAX movie, as it really doesn't add much new. Instead, it is a heart-felt story of one man's journey and perspective on Everest.
As a final note - if you have the opportunity to see Jamling Norgay's book tour in support of Touching My Father's Soul, I would highly recommend it. I attended the book signing in Washington, and he has a very interesting 40 minute slide show.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
A Pioneering insight.
6 July 2001
Format:Hardcover
You may think that there is no new mileage in another story concerning the everest disaster of 1996. That particular chapter in the mountains history has been chronicled many times, most notably by jon Krakauer in into thin air and David Breashears in high exposure. However, Jamling Norgay has taken a slightly different perspective in this book, choosing to concentrate on the inter relationships between himself, his father, the IMAX climbing team, the victims of the tragedy, his wife, family and last but not least, his faith. The buddhism aspect of this book is by far the most interesting tenet of touching my fathers soul. The divinations received by Jamling from his respected lamas showing an uneering premonition for the immediate future. Although the IMAX climb is central to the book, it becomes secondary to Jamlings obvious soul searching. If you want to read about the IMAX climb, buy high exposure. If you want to know about the 1996 disaster, buy into thin air. If you wish for elements of both of these and a more spiritual interpretation of everest, buy this. It Makes you think
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Jamling Norgay Takes Us To The Top
2 May 2001
Format:Hardcover
There's a reason the Dalai Lama wrote the foreward to Jamling Norgay's book. This is a story that delves deeper than the typical adventure tale. It is a journey to the core of a man and his relationship to his family, his "people," nature, Buddhism, and himself. It is inspiring, filled with true examples of courage, bravery, and fortitude. For all those enthralled with Everest, Norgay's book provides a view of the mountain from both a historical and cultural aspect. It's fascinating to read how the Sherpas view the mountain and how cultures collide when the peak gets closer. The book is well researched, filled with interesting stories, and a fast, fun read. It is one of those rare books that stays with you long after you've turned the final page.
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