In 1993, mountaineer Greg Mortenson failed to climb K2...
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In 1993, mountaineer Greg Mortenson failed to climb K2, second-highest mountain on earth, located on the Pakistan-China border in the Himalayas, referred to as the rooftop of the world. In his best-selling book Three Cups of Tea, he writes how on his descent, having become separated from his climbing party, he stumbled into a remote village that extended great hospitality to him. They were open to his presence and he was open to their kindness, which nursed him back to health. The problem is that this story is not true. He fabricated it, as well as many other portions of his book, like the story when he said he was captured by the Taliban. There is a lawsuit against him now for fraud as well as for mismanagement of the millions of dollars he has received for his charity organization, Central Asia Institute. CBS "60 Minutes" did an expose on him, revealing many sad, shady truths about his apparent untruths. Although many have been captivated by the story he tells, one wonders now how there probably was no genuine prayer guiding him into what could have been a great humanitarian venture. Some of the schools claimed to have been built were never built and others lie abandoned. Was his heart not filled with the prayers that would have received the power of God to shape his humanity for unquestioned good? James writes, "The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective."
