ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A trek to Everest is a pilgrimage of sorts, and I’d like to thank some of our fellow pilgrims, who contributed so much to the spirit of this book: Lahure Tenzing and Bahadim Bahadur and Dol Bahadur, Tenzing Sherpa and Pemba Sherpa, Larry and Chet and Kathy and Roger, Bob and Karla, Tron and Thor-Erik, Kim and Lisa, Ernest and Christiane, Mishka and Melka, Barb and Sarah, Trevor and Tom and Tom and John, Ivan, Thomas, Kitty and Joe, Ray and Anna and Kya, Len, Gilbert and the French crew, Pasang Kami, Bob and Lorraine, Brent and Sue, and all the guys at the Hotel Star.
While I was writing the book I was helped by my friends Patrick Delahunt, Gardner Dozois, Pat Murphy, Beth Meacham, Lisa Nowell, Paul Park, and Ian Watson. My thanks.
A special thank you to the man who helped in 524 ways; and to Kabir Saxena, who, one night at the Blue Moon Lodge in Junbesi, told us of Shambhala.
This book is for all of you.
BY KIM STANLEY ROBINSON
The Blind Geometer
Escape from Kathmandu
Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias (editor)
Green Mars
Icehenge
Remaking History and Other Stories
(comprising The Planet on the Table and Remaking History)
A Short, Sharp Shock
THREE CALIFORNIAS
The Wild Shore
Pacific Edge