Sherpa

Stories of Life and Death from the Forgotten Guardians of Everest

Ankit Babu Adhikari, Pradeep Bashyal

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Cassell
27 December 2022

Mountains; Climbing & mountaineering; Expeditions

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOARDMAN TASKER AWARD FOR MOUNTAIN LITERATURE

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. Written by Ankit Babu Adhikari - a writer, social science researcher and musician - and Pradeep Bashyal - a journalist with the BBC based in Nepal - Sherpa traces their story pre- and post-mountaineering revolution, their evolution as climbing crusaders with previously unpublished stories from the most notable and incredible Sherpas of the last 50 years.

This is the story of the Sherpas.

By: Ankit Babu Adhikari, Pradeep Bashyal
Imprint: Cassell
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 610g
ISBN: 9781788403320
ISBN 10: 1788403320
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 27 December 2022
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ankit Babu Adhikari (Author) Ankit Babu Adhikari is a writer and social science researcher based in Kathmandu. He has worked with national dailies The Kathmandu Post and The Himalayan Times. His works have also appeared on 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 this book, in his to-dos, are making a documentary on his toddler son and recording a song with Ankit. But no one has ever heard him sing. He tweets @pdpbasyal