Sherpa
Stories of Life and Death from the Guardians of Everest
$24.37
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
9 May 2023
Summary
Changing the narrative of mountaineering books, Sherpa focuses on the people who live and work on the roof of the world. Amid all the foreign adventurers that throng to Nepal to scale the world’s highest peaks, there exists a small community of mountain people at the foothills of Himalayas. Sherpa tells their story. It’s the story of endeavour and survival at the roof of the world. It dives into their culture and tells of their existence at the edge of life and death.
<…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788403344 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1788403347 |
| Author: | Ankit Babu Adhikari, Pradeep Bashyal |
| Publisher: | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Cassell |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 9 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 257g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 124mm x 28mm |
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About The Author
Ankit Babu Adhikari
Ankit Babu Adhikari (Author)
Ankit Babu Adhikari is a writer and social science researcher based in Kathmandu. He has worked with national dailies such as The Kathmandu Post and The Himalayan Times. His work has also appeared in The Washington Post and Asian Geographic. If you google him, you may come across some strange feeds to songs and profiles featuring ‘Ankit Babu Adhikari’. Don’t get confused, it’s the same person. He rarely tweets @AnkitAdhikari01
Pradeep Bashyal (Author)
Pradeep Bashyal is a BBC journalist based in Kathmandu. He has been covering mountains and mountaineering for nearly a decade. His works have also appeared in Nepal Magazine, The Washington Post, Buzzfeed News, Asian Geographic, National Geographic, The Diplomat, among others. After writing this book, his to-dos include making a documentary on his toddler son and recording a song with Ankit. But no one has ever heard him sing. He tweets @pdpbasyal
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