'Three Cups of Tea' author to speak in Columbus

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In 1993, Greg Mortenson stumbled into a remote village in the Karakoram mountains of Pakistan after a failed attempt to summit K2 and was greeted by an elderly bearded man who shook his hand and said "As-salaam Alaaikum" - peace be with you.

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