Fighting terror
This is a nice thing to read. I'm ordering the book titled Three Cups of Tea, reviewed in this CSM piece: A gift for an entire village. It's by a guy who failed to summit K2, got lost in the Karakoram (kind of a bad place to do that), got saved by villagers, and went back to build a school for their children. He's stuck with his mission and improved the lives of the folks who helped him.
Not without cost, though. The Taliban are powerful there, and they aren't happy with the fact that girls get lessons too.
But even those impressive accomplishments cannot compare with the hardships and danger he encounters in Pakistan. He survives fatwas issued by angry mullahs. He spends eight days in an airless room after being kidnapped by the Taliban. And he receives death threats in the United States after Sept. 11.
Greg Mortenson has built 55 schools so far. Keep it up!
