Nate Morris - Outside Reading 3

Some time ago, I read the book 'Three Cups of Tea' by philanthropist Greg Mortenson. In his book, Mortenson describes his journey to and from Pakistan as he attempted to build and preserve schools that would be suitable for young children to learn and grow from. As he travels to and from the impoverished nation, he describes, in great detail, the topographical features that consume the landscape and make this place so sacred. From the knife-point pinnacles of the mountains that rise sharply into the sky, to the flat and frigid snow laden valleys that weave through the nation, it was the land itself that drew Mortenson to the region. As a climber, he came to Pakistan in hopes of summiting K2, the second tallest mountain in the world, but, through a strange twist of events, wound up at a nearby village and came to learn about the great lack of, and need for infrastructure in the region. Truly, ti was the place that brought him there, rather than Mortenson's own volition, serving to prove the first axiom to be correct.