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Greg Mortenson was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
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Lived in Tanzania with his family while his parents were doing humanitarian work with the Lutheran Church.
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Moved to Tanzania with his family
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Mortenson's sister Christina was born.
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Mortenson moves back to Minnesota with his family.
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Began attending Ramsey High School in Roseville, Minnesota.
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Mortenson's sister Christina is diagnosed with epilepsy.
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Graduated from Ramsey High School.
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Served in the U.S Army in Germany and was awarded the Army Commendation Medal.
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Attended Concordia College on a football scholarship.
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Mortenson's dad dies of cancer.
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Mortenson graduated from the University of South Dakota with a Bachelors Degree in liberal studies and an associates degree in nursing.
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Mortenson moves to Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Mortenson begins to climb K2.
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Mortenson go lost hiking in the K2 and arrives in Korphe, Pakistan.
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Mortenson returns to the United States and begins to raise money to build a school.
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Dr. Jean Heroni sends Mortenson money to build the Korphe school.
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Mortenson returns to Korphe to purchase the building materials to make the school.
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Mortenson and the villigers of Korphe build the Braldu River Bridge so that students would not have to zipline to the school in Korphe.
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Mortenson meets Tara Bishop in San Francisco and got married six days later.
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Amria Eliana Mortenson, Mortenson's daughter, is born.
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The Korphe school is done being built.
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Khyber Bishop Mortenson, Mortenson's son, is born.
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Mortenson and the CAI, company that Mortenson cofounded, begin building girls schools in Afghanistan.
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Three Cups of Tea is published by Viking Penguin and Mortenson appears on Good Morning America.
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Listen to the Wind, a 32-page book for ages 4-8, is written and published as a short version of Three Cups of Tea.
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Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan was written by Greg Mortenson as a sequel to Three Cups of Tea and published.
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CBS 60 Minutes and author Jon Krakauer accused Mortenson of fabrication in his non-fiction books and of financial improprieties at his charity.
