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Review: Sherpa: Stories of Life and Death From the Forgotten Guardians of
Everest – Pradeep Bashyal, Ankit Babu Adhikari (Cassell)
Few communities have enjoyed the collective fame and individual obscurity of
the Sherpas. This minority group, living across the high-Himalaya border
between Tibet (China) and Nepal, has become famous for its many world-class
mountain climbers.
The Sherpas first developed this reputation when in 1953, Tenzing Norgay
summitted the world’s tallest mountain with his friend Edmund Hillary. He knew
the mountain as
Chomolangma, the abode of a capricious goddess,
Miyolangsangma. The world knows the same mountain as Everest.
Since Norgay’s ascent, the Sherpas have used his fame and their remarkable
abilities at high altitudes to develop a lucrative but heartbreakingly
dangerous mountain climbing industry. They have transformed their community,
creating wealth and opportunities unthinkable for their grandparents.
But the industry has also taken an enormous toll, with many lives lost and
constant family separations. The Sherpas do all they can to keep their wealthy
clientele as safe as possible on the mountain; often these clients become the
story, rather than the Sherpas themselves.
Sherpa: Stories of Life and Death From the Forgotten Guardians of Everest, is
an attempt to fix this injustice by focusing on the lives and deeds of multiple
mountaineering Sherpas and their families. It follows a similar path to
Jennifer Peedom’s excellent 2015 film,
Sherpa, but traverses different
timelines and geographical regions."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
