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Sherpa : The Memoir of Ang Tharkay, Paperback / softback Book

Sherpa : The Memoir of Ang Tharkay Paperback / softback

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Adventurous stories told from a non-Western perspective by one of the most accomplished early Himalayan climbersnow in English for the first time.

Sherpas have recently been in the public eye, in part because of the 2013 Everest "brawl," the 2014 avalanche that took the lives of thirteen climbing Sherpas, and the 2015 earthquake that devastated Nepal.

These events and others have led to much public discussion about how Sherpas today are treated and viewed by their Western employers.

Sherpa expands our understanding of these issues by providing historical context.

The autobiography of Ang Tharkay, who was born in 1908 and became one of the most renowned Sherpas during early Himalayan exploration, has long been a collector's item in the original French-language edition but it has never been available in English until now.

In Sherpa, Tharkay describes his experiences traveling with Eric Shipton and H.W.

Tilman and as the sirdarhead Sherpaon Maurice Herzog's 1950 ascent of Annapurna.

Few such Sherpa accounts have been written, and fewer still from these early Himalayan expeditions. Opening with a brief account of Tharkay's childhood and background, Sherpa then immerses readers in expeditions on Everest, Nanga Parbat, and, of course, Annapurna.

Tharkay reveals some of the politics within the Sherpa support teams: petty arguments and shared struggles that went unnoticed or at least unrecorded by those who hired them.

Tharkay's admiration of his employers is leavened with his recognition of their shortcomings, but his affection for the climbers who employed him, and theirs for him, radiates throughout the story.

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