Three Cups of Tea

I've been meaning to post a blog entry about a book I read a while back. Just getting around to it.

I read the inspiring story "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. It recounts the unlikely journey that led Mortenson from a failed attempt to climb Pakistan’s K2, the world’s second highest mountain, to successfully building schools in some of the most remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan. By replacing guns with pencils, rhetoric with reading, Mortenson combines his unique background with his intimate knowledge of the third-world to fight terrorism with books, not bombs, and successfully bring education and hope to remote villages in central Asia."

If you haven't heard the story elsewhere or read the book, I urge you to order it now. It is an amazing story of how one determined and dedicated person can change the world. Greg and his Pakistani staff have accomplished an incredible job assisting people in some of the most challenging geography on earth.

You can find the book in many bookstores and on amazon.com. It has been on the NY Times paperback bestseller list for over a year and a half. If you go to the website for Three Cups of Tea (click on the link) and then click thru to amazon.com, a share of the proceeds goes to fund the Central Asia Institute, the 501(c)3 non-profit organization established to fund Greg's work. Or you can do like I did and make a donation directly.