Jason Hupert, the Australian
Chip Smith, American from Colorado
Jennifer Chantdeloup, his French red haired girl friend
Manfreid Guttenstein Austrian.
Maria Garibaldi, from Argentina
Dr. David Blake Canadian reseach into Cordyceps and Friiillana
thunbergli
Siegfried Hass the climb leader
Zachery Taylor Spoonworthy, the millionaire oil man from Texas
Lilly the head guide
Garry Worth, the writer
Rose Chinese Interpreter
Mike Lawyer
Lu Gardener, weather witch
Plot for those of you are interested in helping
me with this novel:
OK, there is a mountain in Yunnan province
of China that has never been climbed. All of the tallest mountains
have been climbed, so mountain climbers are looking for impossible
mountains. It is also located in an area that many consider to
be the inspiration for Shangri La. So we have an expedition of
men and women who have been gathered by a rich Texas oil man,
in order to get big face for him and for China. He wants glory,
and oil deals from the Chinese who are running out of oil.
Our protagonist, is a reporter from Louisiana
who is researching a novel on the Flying tiger WWI mercenary
unit that flew in Yunnan. He takes off time from his job to go
to Kunming, the capitol of Yunnan, to do research. By chance
he runs into the leader of the expedition. He gets "roped
in" to writing about the adventure. Instead of writing about
old history, he gets the chance to cover it live.
See the character list for more details about
people. Most of the romantic conflict centers around Gary, the
Louisiana reporter, and Lilly, who is the expedition guide and
interpreter. She ends up on the mountain. He must save her. A
classic romantic story. Except she is the strong one, he is the
weak one. How does he resolve this?
Greed shows its face in Zacharias, the Texan.
He hovers above it all, the puppet master. He knows things others
don't and he can pull strings to make things happen.
In the climbing group there are personal conflicts
as well. People who like or hate each other, their weaknesses
and strengths are shown during the climb. Who is good, who is
bad?
Ancillary character are Scott the Climbing
magazine reporter. The Llama, Lilly's father, the gardener/weather
man, Mike the lawyer. The Chinese soldiers.
The back story.
Gary?
Lilly and her father; both are botanists,
both know the mountains. Both went to England, to study, she
learned perfect English. He was tortured by the Red Guards. Both
have secrets.
Zacharias; Oil man, rich, unscrupulous, driven,
charming and dictatorial. The wild card.
Sigfriend, the leader of the climb. German,
mercurial. Good or bad? Mountain climber.
The team. Jason is the closet friend to Gary,
Australian, with a salacious manner, but who also has a secret.
The team all have secrets. We will discover
them during the climb.
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