Keeper Of The Mountains (40 page)

friendship with Reinhold Messner
128

friendship with Sir Edmund Hillary
114
,
240

Himalayan Trust
103

Honorary Queen's Service Medal for Public Services
233

interviewed by San Jose Mercury News
107

interviewing schedule
27

interview sleuthing
29

introduction to life as foreign correspondent
54

King Albert I Memorial Foundation award
232

mother's failing health
143

mountaineering archive
21
,
235
,
236

New Zealand honorary consul
174

Post-War Council
40

reaction to brother's death
46

relationship with father, Frank
39

relationship with mother, Florelle
38
,
40
,
112

relationship with nephew, Michael
46

relationship with servants
73

romantic relationships
42
,
51
,
83
,
84
,
89
,
240

Royal Nepal Airlines hostesses
143

Sagarmatha National Award
232

schedule of
25

sharing information
101

speaking Nepali
82

special citation from Reuters
231

style of writing for alpine magazines
100

successor
236

theory of romance with Edmund Hillary
16

undergraduate years
43

with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (
UNRWA
)
57
,
58

work for Mountain Travel
91

working with Heather Macdonald
206

work with Tiger Tops
92
,
94

Hawley, Frank (father)
31
,
32

death of
112

early life
31

relationship with Elizabeth
34

Hawley, John (brother)
33
,
42

death of
46

Hawley, Michael (nephew)
46

Hawley (née Gore), Florelle (mother)

early life
31

failing health
143

funeral and internment
171

last days in Kathmandu and death of
170

meets husband Frank
31

Hawn, Goldie
93

Helsinki, Finland
49
,
53

Hemmleb, Jochen
207

Herrligkoffer, Dr. Karl
108

Herrod, Bruce
197

Hetauda, Nepal
119

Hillary, Belinda
112

death of
113

Hillary, Lady June
17
,
124
,
142

Hillary, Lady Louise
112

death of
113

Hillary, Peter
113
,
124

Hillary, Sarah
113

Hillary, Sir Edmund
86
,
94
,
112
,
124
,
131
,
135
,
142
,
207
,
227
,
232

1953 ascent of Everest
102

1960 high-altitude expedition
81

1973 Italian Everest expedition
110

80th birthday party
201

altitude ceiling
135

death of wife Louise and daughter Belinda
115

high commissioner to India and Nepal
115

Himalayan Trust
103

honorary Nepalese citizenship
226

on Elizabeth's character
15

on Elizabeth's friendships in Kathmandu
104

Hillary Foundation
164

Himalayan Trust
19
,
103
,
124
,
129
,
130
,
170
,
232
,
235

Himalayan Trust Sherpas
227

Hinkes, Alan
190
,
191
,
196
,
201

Hoey, Marty
137

Hornbein, Tom
84
,
85

Horseshoe Traverse
192
,
234

Hotel Gaurishankar
206

Houston, Dr. Charles
15
,
27
,
129
,
232

Houston, Robin
27
,
28
,
225

Humar, Tomaž
195
,
212
,
225
,
233

Hunt, Sir John
81
,
90
,
232

Iñurrategi, Alberto
223
,
234

Iraq
63

Irvine, Andrew
207

Israel
61

Istanbul, Turkey
57

Jangbu, Nuru
29

Jannu
212

1989 Slovenian ascent
167

Jeglič, Janez
194

Jerstad, Lute
84
,
85

Johnston, Mary
47

Jones, Finn-Olaf
215

K2
187
,
188

Kali Gandaki Valley
99

Kammerlander, Hans
138
,
139
,
224

Kangchenjunga
138
,
183
,
187
,
189
,
190
,
192
,
234

1979 new route
122

1982 Messner ascent
135

1989 Soviet ascents
167

Kangtega
215

Karachi, Pakistan
63

Kathmandu, Nepal
65

in 1960
73

Kennedy, President John F.
85

Khartoum, Sudan
50

Khatri, Major General Padma Bahadur
84

Khrushchev, Nikita
53

Khumbu
94
,
130
,
135

Khumbu Icefall
109
,
217

Khumjung, Nepal
103

King, Elaine
98

King Birendra of Nepal
108
,
112
,
119
,
216

King Gyanendra of Nepal
221
,
222
,
226

King Mahendra of Nepal
66
,
67
,
68
,
74
,
76
,
82
,
83
,
88
,
107

1960 political reorganization
77

King Tribhuvan of Nepal
66
,
67
,
74

Kissinger, Henry
94

Klatzel, Frances
238

friendship with Elizabeth
131

Klein, Herb
92

Kneerim, Lee (cousin)
47
,
169

Kneerim, Will (cousin's son)
73

Knickerbocker Foundation
70
,
75

Koestler, Arthur
63

Koirala, B.P., Nepalese prime minister
75
,
76
,
96
,
118
,
119
,
136

Kopczynski, Chris
126

Krishna Loaf
73

Kukuczka, Jerzy
126
,
128
,
138
,
139
,
140
,
168

Kumar
72
,
73
,
113

Kunde
130

Kurtyka, Voytek
140

Kusum Kanguru
182

Kuwait
63

Lafaille, Jean-Christophe
185
,
187
,
215
,
224
,
234

Lawrence, T.E.
63

l'Esprit d'équipe
189

Lhamu Sherpa, Pasang
186

Lhasa, Tibet
180

Lhotse
111
,
125
,
126
,
128
,
139
,
195
,
199
,
218

1974 Polish winter expedition
111

1989 Kukuczka tragedy
168

1990 South Face
177

Lissanevitch, Boris
74
,
80
,
104

Łódź
52

Loretan, Erhard
139
,
190
,
191
,
232

Lowe, George
239

Lowe, Mary
239

Ma'an, Jordan
62

Macdonald, Heather
44
,
82
,
206
,
208
,
240
,
241

on Elizabeth's character
14
,
44

on Elizabeth speaking Nepali
82

MacInnes, Hamish
108

Makalu
81
,
126
,
135
,
139
,
191
,
234

1980 American West Pillar route
126

1995 summit by Viesturs, Hall and Gustafsson
188

Mallory (Lhasa apso)
142

Mallory, George
208

Manaslu
127
,
128
,
168
,
198
,
199
,
215
,
219

1981 French ascent
134

Martinez, Jesús and José Antonio
195

Martini, Sergio
180
,
190
,
191
,
195
,
196

Matlak, Krawetz
174

Matsumoto, Norichika
203

Mauduit, Chantal
124
,
199

Mazeaud, Pierre
105

McDonald, Caroline
232

McDougal, Chuck
92

Menlungtse

1992 Slovenian Southeast Face route
185

Messner, Günther
139

Messner, Reinhold
120
,
121
,
124
,
126
,
128
,
135
,
138
,
139
,
140
,
162
,
211
,
227
,
236

friendship with Elizabeth
128

on Elizabeth's character
15

Miura, Yuichiro
104

momo
132

Monzino, Guido
109

Moores, Thomas
218

Moran, Father
79

Moro, Simone
202
,
218

Morocco
50

Moscow,
USSR
54

Moses Mountain, Sinai
59

Mother Theresa
133

Mountain Madness
196

Mountain Travel
90
,
91
,
93
,
99
,
123
,
134
,
135

Mount Fuji
192

Mulgrew, Peter
124

Namche Bazaar, Nepal
222
,
228

Nanga Parbat
139
,
196

Nasser, Gamal Abdel, Egyptian president
57
,
62

Nehru, Pandit
67

Nepal

1977-80 political unrest
119

1980 referendum and aftermath
120

1985 political unrest
141

2000 rise in crime
219

2001 terrorism
223

2003 Maoist insurrection
230

2003 massacre at Beni Bazaar
229

commerical and guided climbing
194

development in 1967
95

early days of mountaineering
81

fall of Rana rule
67

first election in
68

impact of conflict between India and Pakistan on
107

Rana rule in
66

re-establishment of prime minister and Parliament
96

relations with Chinese-occupied Tibet
89

Nepali Times
230

Nepal Ministry of Tourism

1996 peak fees
193

1996 permits for Everest
198

climbing permits
179
,
220

commercial and guided climbing
180

Nepal Mountaineering Association
181

Norgay, Tenzing
27
,
102
,
186
,
201
,
207

Noshaq
125

Nowak, Jim
214

Nuptse
194
,
224
,
233

1997 West Face ascent by Humar and Jeglič
195

Odell, Noel
207

O'Dowd, Cathy
197
,
227
,
234

Oiarzabal, Juanito
189
,
195
,
196

Palace of Culture, Warsaw, Poland
52

panchayat
system
119

Paroli, Tony
172
,
173

Pasaban, Edurne
222

Pashipatinath
136

Patan, Nepal
71

Patscheider, Reinhard
163

Petra, Jordan
62

Phaphlu, Nepal
113
,
114

Philby, John
57

Philby, Kim
57

Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh
80

Pokhara, Nepal
110

Poland
53

Prague, Czechoslovakia
54

Prezelj, Marko
185

Prince Basundhara of Nepal
74
,
78
,
86
,
103
,
107
,
112

Prince Charles of England
112
,
134

Profit, Christophe
218

Pumori
214

Queen Mother Ratna of Nepal
221

Rackl, Robert
216

Ram Krishna (cook)
72