I’LL CALL YOU IN KATHMANDU by BERNADETTE McDONALD
This fascinating biography of Elizabeth Hawley, a Kathmandu-based American woman, is an absolutely riveting read. Elizabeth Hawley was an avowed non-climber who was, nevertheless, the ultimate authority and arbiter on all things Himalayan climbing and mountaineering. For decades she interviewed climbers as they passed though Kathmandu, grilling them in detail …