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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By David Jasper / The Bulletin
June 5, 2007
Greg Mortenson ventured into the high country of Pakistan a mountain climber. He came down an altruist.
When Mortenson fell ill during his attempted 1993 summit of K2, the world’s second-tallest peak, he limped into the tiny, impoverished Pakistan village of Korphe. He spent seven....