I’LL CALL YOU IN KATHMANDU The Elizabeth Hawley Story

· Based on extensive interviews with Hawley, celebrated mountaineers, and
Kathmandu intimates, and full access to Hawley’s meticulous records and
correspondence
· Follows the development of Himalayan mountaineering and Nepal’s entry into
the twentieth century
· Details friendships with famed climbers Hillary, Messner, Bonington, Humar,
Viesturs, and more
· Foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary, who considers Hawley his closest link in
Nepal
One of the most important figures in Himalayan climbing may be someone who has
never been to Everest Base Camp, and is not a climber. In 1960, a young
American woman, Elizabeth Hawley, moved to Nepal as a reporter for Time Inc.
Initially sending home political dispatches from the kingdom, it wasn’t long
before Hawley’s pen found its niche: mountaineering in the world’s highest
places. She quickly became part of the Kathmandu scene, socializing regularly
with an eclectic group of adventurers, climbers, royalty, politicians and
entrepreneurs. Hawley is still in Kathmandu today and has been the unofficial
chronicler of every detail of every expedition mounted from Nepal in the
Himalaya for more than four decades.