summary ofThree Cups of TeaBook by Greg Mortenson

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Greg Mortenson’s orbit

The accounts of Mortenson’s adventures building schools for girls in the remote mountain regions of Pakistan sound quite dramatic to believe. This is a quite remarkable story, of ibex hunters in the high valleys of the Karakoram, in nomad settlements at the wild edge of Afghanistan. The way some of them behave around conference tables with Pakistan’s military elite, and how they interact over endless cups of paiyu cha in tearooms is quite an interesting experience.As a journalist, David Relin practiced an odd profession of probing into people’s lives for two decades. He met more than his share of public figures who didn’t measure up to their press. Relin was also opportune to visit several Pakistani villages where he was welcomed like a long-lost family, simply because another American had taken the time to forge peacable ties there. This piece will take us through the last ten years of the story of Greg Mortenson’s existence. It will further branch and fork into the rich and complex aspects of his life, beyond what most could achieve in a lifetime.

Here we find a fancy way of saying that this is a story to comprehend by a straightforward observation fully. All the Westerners who traveled down to the CAI’s 53 schools, to visit Mortenson ended up working there as an advocate for the period of their stay, and some beyond.

Americans ought to learn from their mistakes, from their flailing and ineffective ways. The Western world has a lot to learn from Mortenson’s life. The likes of the U.S., which conducted a war on terror after the attacks of 9/11, and failed to make any tremendous impact on the peace-loving people at the heart of the Muslim world. There’s a lot to learn from the trajectory of Mortenson’s life. Examine the many insights in this summary, and catch a glimpse of life from the perspective of a social revolutionary — Greg Mortenson.