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Greg is born!
Greg Mortenson is born in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He was the son of Irvin and Jerene Mortenson. -
He moves to Africa
Greg moves to Tanzania, Africa. -
His sister Christia is born
Greg Mortenson 's sister, Christia Mortenson is born. -
He leaves Africa and goes back to Minnesota
Greg leaves Africa and goes back to Minnesota -
Christia is diagnosed with a disease.
Greg's sister is diagnosed with Epilepsy at age four. -
His dad dies
His dad dies, Irvin ''Dempsey'' Mortenson of cancer in his late forties. -
He moves
Greg moves to Indianapolis, Indiana. -
Greg climbs to K2
Greg begins to climb K2. -
He gets lost
He gets lost hiking out if K2, arrives in Korphe, Pakistan. -
He returns to the US
Greg returns to the US, and begins raising money to build the school. -
Dr. Jean Heroni to the rescue!
Dr. Jean Heroni hears of Greg's work, and sends him money to build the Korphe school. -
Back to Pakistan!
Greg returns to Korphe in October-December to buy materials to build the school. -
Pennies for Peace
Westside Elementary School in River Falls, Wisconson, collects 62,345 pennies to help students in Pakistan. Why pennies? The penny is one percent of a dollar, is usually worthless in the US, but in Pakistan and Afganistan, a penny buys a pencil, and empowers a child to read and write. -
How are we going to get over to Korphe?
Greg and the Korphe villagers build the Braldu River bridge to Korphe. Before they built the bridge, there was just a zip-line and a box, only one person could fit in it at a time, and it only held a certian amount of weight. It was extremely dangerous. -
Love at first Sight
Greg meets Tara Bishop in San Fransico. They get married six days later. -
Time to get to work
Greg returns to Pakistan and begins building the school. -
Thanksgiving
Greg returns to US where him and his new wife Tara, spend Thanksgiving with Dr. Hoerni, and the Central Asia Institute. -
Build, build, build
Greg is back in Pakistan, and is starting on the construction of the Korphe school. -
Welcome, Amria Eliana Mortenson
Greg and Tara's daughter, Amria Eliana Mortenson, is born at their home in Bozen, Montana. -
Finished!
The Korphe school is now built and completed! -
Welcome, Khyber Bishop Mortenson
Greg and Tara's son, Khyber Bishop Mortenson, is born at home in Bozeman, Montana. -
Al Queda uses hijacked commercial passenger jets to bomb the World Trade Center.
Al Queda uses hijacked commerical passenger jets to bomb the World Trade towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and one plane crashed in Pennsylvania. -
R.I.P Haji Ali
Greg finds out that Haji Ali has died. (He was one of the people that helped Greg build the Korphe school in Pakistan, and he also helped Greg build the bridge). -
Afganistan, here we come.
The United States and a military coalition of eighteen other countries invade Afganistan. -
He returns.
Greg returns to the United States. -
To Afganistan, then Washington, D.C.
Greg visits Afganistan, then Washington, D.C., where he meets with Representative Mary Bono. -
Time to build girls' schools.
Greg and the CAI starts building girls' schools in Afganistan. (The CAI stands for Central Asia Institute. Its a nonprofit organization that Greg cofounded that builds schools in Afganistan and Pakistan). -
Building schools everywhere.
In the summer, Greg and CAI begin building schools in Badakshan province in northern Afganistan. -
A massive earthquake hits parts of Pakistan
A massive earthquake in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, kills over 74,000 people, including 18,000 students in schools, and destroys over 1,600 schools. -
Tent schools!
Greg visits areas of Pakistan affected by the earthquake, and starts building tent schools. -
Eath-quake proof schools.
CAI and Greg start to build earthquake proof schools in Azad Kashmir. -
Greg beings to visit schools.
Greg beings to visit schools, sharing how to promote peace through education with students. From 2006 to 2008 he travels to over 200 U.S cities and visits over 400 schools. -
Three Cups of Tea.
Three Cups of Tea is published by Viking Penguin and Greg appears on Good Morning America. -
He returns to US
Greg returns to the US, to show Dr. Heroni the picture of the Korphe bridge.