Hachette India

Sherpa

Ankit Babu Adhikari

Pradeep Bashyal

'Tendi Sherpa had been on the summit of Everest twelve times already before 2019. He was guiding a 60-year-old American climber during one of the busiest periods the mountain had ever seen. On the face of it, his task was simple: to make sure that he and his client did not end up dead on the mountain...'

Amid all the foreign adventurers that throng to Nepal to scale the world's highest peaks there exists a small tribe 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. The story dives into their culture and tells of their existence at the edge of life and death. It traces their story pre- and post-mountaineering revolution, their evolution as climbing crusaders with never previously published stories from the most notable and incredible Sherpas of the last 50 years.

This is the story of the Sherpas.

Classification : General Non-Fiction
Pub Date : JUL 27, 2022
Imprint : Cassell
Page Extent : 304
Binding : HB
ISBN : 9781788403320
Price : INR 1,599

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 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

Pradeep Bashyal

Pradeep Bashyal is a bi-lingual BBC World Service correspondent based in Kathmandu. He has been covering mountains and mountaineering for nearly a decade. Prior to joining the BBC, he wrote for Nepal Magazine and The Washington Post.